Activities of Notis MARIAS related to 2016/2034(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
CAP tools to reduce price volatility in agricultural markets (A8-0339/2016 - Angélique Delahaye) EL
CAP tools to reduce price volatility in agricultural markets (debate) EL
Amendments (20)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital Α
Recital Α
Α. whereas the recent bouts of extreme price volatility in global agricultural markets portend rising and more frequent threats to world food security, the future of farmers and their livelihood, particularly in the southern European countries such as Greece, Italy, Portugal and Cyprus;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Α
Recital Α
A. whereas, since 2007, extreme price fluctuation has been a feature of world agricultural markets, with increasingly frequent and marked economic shocks, certain countries suffering even greater disruption as a result of austerity policies;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital Β
Recital Β
Β. whereas high levels of price and income volatility for farmers are related to the market fundamentals of supply and demandausterity policies imposed in the EU Member States, but can also be intensified by other macro-economic variables, the broad political and legislative environment, and speculation on agricultural products which, when sold as financial assets, are exposed to shocks on related commodity markets (such as the energy and metal markets);
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C whereas the increased vulnerability is being triggered by an increase in extreme weather events and the impact of climate change on agricultural production levels, as well as by structural factors such as energy and fertiliser prices, exchange rates or interest rates, not to mention the extortionate taxes imposed on farmers in southern European countries such as Greece, Italy, Portugal and Cyprus;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the EU is both the world’s largest importer and exporter of agri-food products, but the options of using CAP rural development programmes (RDPs) to contribute towards insurance, mutual funds and income stabilisation schemes for farmers have not been very successfulhad no tangible results;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for better synergies between CAP and other EU policies, in particular regarding energy, water supply, land use, biodiversity and ecosystems, and the development of remote island and mountainous areas and the reorganisation of primary production;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Δ
Recital Δ
D. whereas climate change adversely affects agricultural output levels;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Ε
Recital Ε
E. whereas the main global players in agricultural markets arshould be introducing policies that aim to curb volatility, and whereas the G20 has also undertaken to address the issue;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital ΣΤ
Recital ΣΤ
F. whereas political choices, such as the imposition of trade embargoes and so- called non-tariff barriers generated by the TTIP, can increase the volatility of agricultural product prices;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission and the Member States to monitake measures in response tor the significant price volatility of agricultural products by improving the European Food Prices Monitoring Tool (FPMT).;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Ζ
Recital Ζ
G. whereas, in recent decades, market opening and economic globalisation have greatly accentuated price volatility;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the Member States, in particular Greece, pay farmers and stockbreeders on time and in full the subsidies and aid to which they are entitled under the CAP, paying special attention to compensatory allowances;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to inform Parliament of any delays by Member States, especially Greece, in the payment of CAP subsidies and aid owing to farmers and to take action against those Member States that fail to make such payments on time;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on the Commission to verify the correct implementation by the Member States, especially Greece, of CAP provisions in respect of grassland. In this context, particular consideration should be given to safeguarding the acquired rights of farmers, especially in Member States such as Greece with predominantly mountainous terrain;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls on the Commission to take steps to ensure full compensation and financial assistance for farmers and stockbreeders in Member States such as Greece and Cyprus where crops and livestock, machinery, equipment and infrastructures have sustained major damage caused by fires, floods or other natural disasters.
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. NoteCondemns the reduction in CAP resources devoted to common market organisation (CMO) measures;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. NotesCondemns the fact that farmers’ average annual incomes in the EU have remained unchanged, or in some decreased considerably in the last decade becauses have declined, over the past 10 year of the underhand fiscal policies imposed by the Troika in certain EU Member States;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. ConsiderStresses that the wellbeing of farmers and measures to strengthen the agricultural sector must be addressed as a matters of urgency and must be a long- term aims for the future CAP;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to conduct a thorough analysis of how this can be achieved and of the increased resources that should be earmarked for it when the CAP is renewed;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that mutual funds, established at the initiative of working farmers, and through which farmers’ incomes can be stabilised to some extent as the profit margins on their produce fluctuate, may offer an effective way to limit the effects of price volatility, without replacing the support that must be provided by the Union;