10 Amendments of Franc BOGOVIČ related to 2017/2088(INI)
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas there are initiatives such as 'EU Action for Smart Villages';
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas rural areas need to be kept populated, both with younger people of working age as well as older people;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform 2014- 2020 introduced new measures to support young farmers in setting up farms; expresses concern however thatthat the level of administrative burdens may be inhibitings the take-up of these measures; notes that the overall administration of the direct payments and Rural Development Programme measures is perceived as very complex and difficult, especially for new entrants who are not familiar with the payment system;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers that Member States could develop tools such as land banks (already existing in some Member States) to further facilitate access to land and prioritizing new entrants to farming;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. The same conditions and standard of living should be ensured for young people living in rural areas as well as for those living in urban areas. In order to avoid discrimination and to prevent the abandonment of rural areas, it should be provided: Wi-Fi connection, access to health, education, training and innovation, better roads;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Encourages the setting-up of an "Erasmus" type scheme associated with vocational training to improve young farmers' skills and experience;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission to develop a 'Rural Agenda’, which must include coordinated measures under the various European, national, regional and local rural development policies;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Recommends, in this respect, that consideration be given to harmonising measures under rural development programmes and the first pillar of the CAP, European cohesion policy measures and measures at national, regional and local level in order to improve the effectiveness of the measures;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Stresses the need to provide broadband connections in rural and remote areas; welcomes the various initiatives in the area of 'smart villages', the ultimate objective of which must be to create new job opportunities and provide employment for young people in rural areas, either in the form of supplementary activities on farms or in non-farm activities (social care, mobility, healthcare, tourism, energy); considers that ever greater productivity in agriculture and the falling prices of agricultural produce will make it increasingly difficult to generate sufficient income in the basic agricultural activity, especially on small farms;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18d. Believes that, in order to preserve settlement of rural areas and ensure a similar standard of living for people living there compared with urban areas, regulatory and administrative barriers urgently need to be removed so as to enable farm operators to carry out supplementary agricultural and non- agricultural activities, mainly in the social care, healthcare, tourism, mobility of the elderly and energy sectors, thereby providing an appropriate income for farm operators and their families and reducing the risk of rural depopulation.