EUROPEAN UNION AND OLIVE OIL

That this House notes that the Eurozone has been in recession for six consecutive quarters, that unemployment in the European Union is more than 24 million and that the EU's accounts have not received a clean audit in 18 years; believes that against this backdrop it is an insult that the European Commission is planning to ban olive oil dipping bowls; and further believes that the European Commission should stop focusing on irrelevant minority issues and instead deal with the very serious problems faced by the continent.