European Parliament
A7-0163/2012
Patrick Le Hyaric  (GUE/NGL ).
(FR)
Mr President, I, too, would like to congratulate Mr Capoulas Santos for his work on this report.
The transitional proposal before us today is one of common sense. We will support it, although I am still opposed to the decoupled payments system and aid based on surface area. The fairest and most effective solution is a remuneration mechanism based on work and not on surface area, which favours industrial agriculture.
I should also like to take advantage of this opportunity to say that we must, in my view, re-examine, within the framework of this debate on the reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP), a basic price setting mechanism for a series of production data with aid modulations depending on data related to geographical location, the work being carried out and the environment.
Lastly, I believe that we will have to firmly defend the CAP budget for agricultural income, for employment, and, ultimately, for social and environmental justice.

