9 Amendments of Maria NOICHL related to 2016/2034(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas agriculture and food remain at the centre of various heterogeneous technological, social, economic, environmental and political forces which are currently in danger of becoming unstable;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas we are facing a double paradox: on the one hand we have a global agriculture with sufficient reserves to feed a world with 9 billion people but which is unable to eradicate hunger, and on the other hand an increasingly unstable market situation marked by prices which are lower than the predictions which formed the basis of the 2014 reform of the CAP;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas greater market transparency mayis a necessary adjunct to public decision-making but is insufficient for limiting price volatility;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the current CAP is open to criticism because of the issues of incomes, agricultural employment and excessive price volatility;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the Union’s competitors make considerable sums of public money available for protecting their farmers from the effects of price volatility; points out that public support for agriculture provided by the United States, Brazil and China increased by 40%, 20% and 92% respectively between 2008 and 2012 while European public support in 2012 was 17% down on 2008;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that the European Union is the only agricultural power to base its agricultural policy on support decoupled from production, along with environmental constraints, whereas the major global powers such as the United States, Brazil and China all have mechanisms to support and regulate agricultural production and incomes;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that unregulated liberalisation of agricultural markets has helped heighten price volatility;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that food autonomy and security, on the basis of food production within Europe, must be long-term aims for the future CAP reforms and that, to achieve them, price volatility must be combated;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. RecommendsStresses the importance of strengthening the organisational capability of the weakest links in the various agricultural sectors and strengthening contractual systems, which must go hand in hand with boosting farmers' negotiating power in the food chain through the right to negotiate their contracts collectively;