Clearly for them, the common fisheries policy has not worked.

One point is that we do not yet have a common fisheries policy.

The common fisheries policy seems always to be about control but the benefits never seem to come.

This has to be the starting point and focus of the common fisheries policy.

The reform of the common fisheries policy, I believe, is an opportunity.

The common fisheries policy in its current form has been operating for 18 years.

This is what will determine the success of the future common fisheries policy in practice.

I do not believe that the common fisheries policy is a failure.

In other words the common fisheries policy must take on its responsibilities.

Do we need to make fishing resources part of the common fisheries policy?

The control systems of the common fisheries policy and their implementation are particularly important.

The common fisheries policy is a bit of a mess at the moment.

Maybe at the end of the process we will remain with the same common fisheries policy or a slightly different one.

I think we are all agreed that the common fisheries policy is in need of reform.

Instead, we have a common fisheries policy that has been an environmental disaster already.

The Commission will have to try to answer this question during the current debate on the common fisheries policy.

These regulations lie at the heart of the common fisheries policy.

This is a first attempt, as many people have said, at talking about the reform of the common fisheries policy in 2002.

These reports are a key factor in the implementation of the common fisheries policy.

We have been summoned to debate four major reports to do with the common fisheries policy and its future.

Important decisions have to be made in key areas, particularly the social and economic dimension of the common fisheries policy.

The next item is the Commission statement on the common fisheries policy.

A number of additional critical changes must be made to further strengthen the common fisheries policy.

I do not agree with those who say that the common fisheries policy is responsible for the present state of stocks.

However, to do so we first must learn the lesson from past failures of the common fisheries policy.