Activities of Stefan ECK related to 2018/2037(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the future of food and farming
Amendments (41)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) is the most integrated and successful EU policy, serving as basis for European integration, and should remain a common policy withEU policy and should remain a common policy with an ambitious budget, but also contributed to the dramatic expansion of large agro-businesses, which led to an increase of the use of pesticides and fertilisers, causing more land, water and ambitious budgetir pollution;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas small farmers account for about 40% of EU farms, but receive only 8% of CAP subsidies;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas agriculture is a key contributor to climate change, antibiotic resistance and biodiversity loss; whereas it also contributes to air, land and water pollution notably due to agrochemicals use; whereas the CAP’s goals should be to ensure food safety and sovereignty, and the resilience and sustainability of the EU’s agriculture systems and territories;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the time has come for an explicit, comprehensive food policy, and whereas a food policy approach to the food system - bridging production and consumption - is a more coherent approach involving a re-evaluation of CAP through a Health Impact Assessment to find synergies between the promotion of better agriculture and better health, an exercise that would be best achieved through a formal REFIT procedure;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the extent of global average surface temperature increase projected to take place in the 21st century and the immediate consequences in climatic conditions necessitate a food system that is environmentally sustainable, guaranteeing safe and plentiful production, whilst not leaving the Union being beholden to other markets;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the current CAP brought increased concentration of production, increased levels of intensive farming and animal abuse, increased regional asymmetries and foreign external dependence on agricultural goods favouring the biggest, richest economies;
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for a CAP that has itas top priority a switch to an agro-ecology production model that safeguards the land and protects the soils and facilitates the transition of each European farm towards an undertaking combining economic with, environmental performance standards, health, social and animal welfare performance standards, taxing agricultural pollution in line with the "polluter pays" principle as set out in EU law;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the current CAP contributed to the dramatic expansion of large agro-businesses, which led to an increase of the use of pesticides and fertilisers, causing more land, water and air pollution;
Amendment 140 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls for wide and effective crop rotation with which Europe could achieve the triple objective of strengthening its food independence, reducing the economic dependence of farmers on the agro-chemical sector and on imported feed whose massive production destroys forests and creates hunger and poverty worldwide;
Amendment 153 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls for a removal of incentives to industrial livestock farming and shift subsidies to support ecological livestock;
Amendment 164 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the integrity of the first pillar to be maintained, built as it is on enhanced cross-compliance of support measures calibrated to maximise the results expected for each farmer; and rewarding farmers for the public goods they can deliver, such as climate action and the conservation of wildlife; underlines that CAP should contain payments for ecosystems services, overseen by environmental authorities, building on the existing LIFE Programme approach;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas it is essential to ensure a fair standard of living across regions and Member States, affordable prices for citizens and consumers, and access to quality, sustainable food and healthy diets, while delivering on the commitments for environmental care, climate action, and animal and plant health and welfare;
Amendment 191 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a renovated second pillar that is less complex and more efficient, focused on truly incentive territorial and sector development policies that place agro-environmental initiatives, investment, training, research and innovation at the core of local issues while ensuring a joint ownership with the citizens, with stronger voices in the debate of CAP reform from sectors other than agriculture - such as consumers, public health and environmental stakeholders;
Amendment 229 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the CAP must include an ambitious European green energy strategy promoting highly sustainable biofuels based on the co- production of plant protein but prohibiting all forms of seed patenting, in order to protect local varieties, and reducing massively feed imports;
Amendment 238 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls for the prohibition of the authorisation, cultivation, marketing and import of GMOs, including in feed;
Amendment 242 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls for stricter limits on antibiotics use and the prohibition on the use of reserve antibiotics;
Amendment 243 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Urges for a massive reduction on the use of pesticides;
Amendment 249 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Asks the Commission to ensure that each imported agricultural product meets the same sanitary, environmental, animal welfare and social standards that EU products are held to; asks the Commission to conduct a systematic impact assessment of the provisions regarding the agricultural sector in each trade agreement, and to offer specific strategies to ensure that no agricultural sector will suffer as a result of a trade agreement concluded with a third country.;
Amendment 251 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for a better policy coordination between CAP and other EU policies and actions, in particular, with directive 2000/60/EC, directive 91/676/EEC and regulation 1107/2009 - as a means to achieve a sustainable protection of water resources whose quantity and quality are negatively impacted by agriculture; calls for incentives to support local cooperation projects between farmers and water suppliers to enhance the protection of water resources;
Amendment 258 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls for the proper implementation of existing sanitary, environmental, animal welfare, health and social legislation, accompanied by regular spot checks and financial sanctions in case of non-compliance;
Amendment 262 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Urges the EU and the Member States to make sure the CAP meets the seven SDGs which have direct relevance for agriculture and other international agreements: on Climate Change, Global Convention on Biological Diversity and EU air laws;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas there is a huge gap between the public claim for increased farm animal welfare and current legislation and initiatives;
Amendment 396 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. stresses that currently, small farmers account for about 40% of EU farms, but receive only 8% of CAP subsidies;
Amendment 488 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. stresses that the EU court of auditors found that the EU has no useful data on farm incomes, and therefore no knowledge of whether farm subsidies serve any social purpose;
Amendment 656 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls for payments for voluntary adoption of animal welfare measures going beyond minimum legislative standards;
Amendment 663 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls for the proper implementation of existing environment - and animal welfare law, regular spot checks and financial sanctions in case of non-compliance;
Amendment 966 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Urges for a switch to an agroecology production model that safeguards the land and protects the soil;
Amendment 1000 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls for wide and effective crop rotation with which Europe could achieve the triple objective of strengthening its food independence, reducing the economic dependence of farmers on the agro-chemical sector and on imported feed whose massive production destroys forests and creates hunger and poverty worldwide;
Amendment 1011 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. calls for a removal of incentives to industrial livestock farming and shift subsidies to support ecological livestock;
Amendment 1260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls for the prohibition of the authorisation, cultivation, marketing and import of GMOs, including in feed;
Amendment 1264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Calls for a phase-out of export subsidies in order to avoid further market distortion in so-called developing countries;
Amendment 1288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Underlines that all agricultural imports into the EU have to fully comply with the highest European environmental, social and animal welfare standards;
Amendment 1296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Calls for stricter limits on antibiotics use and the prohibition on the use of reserve antibiotics;
Amendment 1301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Calls for stricter regulations on live animals transports and for shortest distance from farms to the slaughterhouse;
Amendment 1303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 d (new)
Paragraph 26 d (new)
26d. Calls for more tailor-made legislation on minimum standards on welfare of specific animal farmed species;
Amendment 1304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 e (new)
Paragraph 26 e (new)
26e. Urges for a massive reduction on the use of pesticides;
Amendment 1305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 f (new)
Paragraph 26 f (new)
26 f. Calls for the prohibition of all forms of seed patenting, in order to protect farmers against the pressure and power of multinationals producing seeds, and to protect local varieties;
Amendment 1306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 g (new)
Paragraph 26 g (new)
26g. Calls for the prohibition for mutilation practices and the shredding of chicks;
Amendment 1307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 h (new)
Paragraph 26 h (new)
26h. Calls for a massive reduction of the import of feed and urges the European Commission to support the gradual self-sufficiency of farmers in producing the feed needed;
Amendment 1308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 i (new)
Paragraph 26 i (new)
26i. Calls on the Commission to include concrete actions to promote the welfare of the working equids that are giving a concrete contribution to the agricultural activities of small farmers in mountainous areas;