In the light of the memoranda forwarded to the Commission by Austria, France and Italy on hill farming and forestry, the opinion drawn up by the Committee of the Regions on a policy for hill farming in Europe, and the broad consensus regarding these traditional activities, which are seen as the cornerstone of any form of sustainable development in mountain areas, it is proposed that income support be stepped up for farms by means of compensatory allowances and that the principle of differentiated rates of assistance for mountain areas with regard to aid for investment, industry, technical improve ...[+++]ments, processing and marketing of products (farming, stockbreeding, forestry and other basic activities) should be maintained (reintroduced) in the regulation on rural development.

Common sense dictates that in a much - 4 - larger Community the institutions will have to be radically reformed to prevent Europe degenerating into a mere free trade area with loose arrangements for foreign policy consultation.

This could have implications for the viability of milk processing facilities served largely by smaller producers, which are usually found in less favoured areas with few alternatives to milk production. Furthermore it could lead to an increased concentration of dairy production in zones of intensive rearing.

They haven't said that, but every time we've suggested their half mile of waterfront—even just the water's edge—should be fishing industry industrial, they get very upset and they talk about converting it to pleasure craft and maybe having a couple of floats for the fish boats but no services, onshore or offshore, that would actually keep the fleet here.