However, we cannot accept the idea that the Commission should acquire these quotas; such a step would mark the beginning of the death of a centuries-old activity, and lead to the relocation of first-processing companies, the loss of a crop in the cultivation of which Europeans have proved outstanding, and soaring unemployment, the costs whereof must be objectively established and calculated, so as to hammer home the fact that 'well-intentioned' measures can, without achieving their intended effects, cause huge and irreparable social, political and economic damage, flatly contradicting the Commission's good intentions as regards rural development.
On pourra ainsi prendre conscience du fait que les "bonnes intentions", sans atteindre les objectifs recherchés, c'est-à-dire le développement rural prôné par la Commission, peuvent au contraire causer des ravages économiques, politiques et sociaux considérables et irréversibles.
