Mr. Janusz Wojciechowski:

There is a very important question. We have a Common Agricultural Policy and a cohesion policy. A Common Agricultural Policy is not enough to solve all the problems of rural areas. It may be different in Ireland but I have an example from my country, Poland, which is a big beneficiary of cohesion policy and the Common Agricultural Policy. From the Cohesion Fund, only 11% is addressed to rural areas, which is 90% of Poland's territory, with 40% of the population. That is an incorrect proportion in my view. With the Common Agricultural Policy, which takes in food supply safety and the environment, the development of rural areas should be supported. The Common Agricultural Policy and cohesion policy are equally important in this respect. It is necessary to change the political vision. It is absolutely necessary to support rural areas even more now because we have the problem of people leaving such areas. We can see empty villages throughout Europe and my country of Poland is the same.