Activities of Sofia RIBEIRO related to 2015/2226(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
How the CAP can improve job creation in rural areas (A8-0285/2016 - Eric Andrieu) PT
Amendments (7)
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. RegretNotes the strong market orientation of the EU’s agricultural policies and its potentially negative effect on rural incomes and employment, as evidenced by the liberalisation ofespecially in the outermost regions, when they are not properly integrated and covered; points out that the Russian embargo, combined with the abolition of milk quotas, has exacerbated the crisis in the dairy sector;, condemns the negative impact on agricultural labour of free trade agreementsausing difficulties for European farmers; urges the Commission to assess the impact on agricultural labour of free trade agreements with countries outside the EU, especially those currently being negotiated, such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the introduction of social conditionality in the CAP’s first pillarretention, as part of the CAP, of a strong first pillar with an economic function, capable of helping farmers make their farms into profitable and prosperous businesses, which can create jobs both directly and indirectly throughout agriculture and the agro-food industry; recalls, in this context, that one job created in agriculture results in the creation of seven jobs elsewhere;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for producer organisations to be strengthened, since they play an essential role in safeguarding the interests of smallholder farmers and family farms in particular, and for them accordingly to become more actively involved in social support for those working in the sector;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for a stronger role for social partnersRecommends that the social partners, alongside the national management authorities, play a stronger role in the development and implementation of agriculturalrural development policy in order to create quality jobs, ensure adequate health and safety conditions and foster the social integration of rural workers, in particular migrant for all workers;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that improving access to land through instruments such as public land banks is key to agricultural employment;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that the average European farmer holds a mere 12 hectares of land and that 70% of agricultural holdings have a surface area below five hectares; notes that due to their size and structure, agricultural holdings cannot always afford to take on full-time employees or highly qualified workers; encourages the Commission and the Member States therefore to put in place measures to encourage employer groups;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9