7. Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to secure the necessary agricultural aid for developing countries in order to achieve the MDGs, in particular that of halving of the number of people suffering from hunger around the world by 2015;

In contrast I think that what would be interesting – because I believe that protectionist policies risk throwing everything off balance, or at least risk not responding to the problems at a regional level, although this is an economic dimension that I am not going to address now – where I would be willing to back you and where we are currently working intensely, in particular with the French Presidency, is on the following question: how can we organise the specific nature of agriculture in developing countries in the same way – we seem to have rather short memories in Europe – as Europe has done ...[+++] for its own agriculture?

This is a categorical imperative, and I must remind you of the need to approve the Commission’s proposal on agricultural aid in developing countries.

Co-operation with developed, and in particular, developing countries could be a useful tool for engaging countries in climate action, while providing local benefits for insurance in terms of air quality and energy security, which are key concerns for a large number of developing countries.

Our goal should be to promote agriculture in the developing countries vigorously so that it is capable of sustaining its own population and is no longer dependent on international food aid.

This does not apply to all farming in developing countries but to the poverty-focusing which we need to deliver better than so far.