Activities of Miguel VIEGAS related to 2017/2088(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of CAP young farmers’ tools in the EU after the 2013 reform (A8-0157/2018 - Nicola Caputo) PT
Amendments (9)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas in the EU only about 6 % of all people in charge of farms are younger than 35 years old and more than half are aged over 55, and whereas the disparities between Member States are wide;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the ageing of the rural population cannot be separated from the CAP and its successive revisions, which have led to a steady reduction in farmers' income, increasing market volatility and unfair distribution of aid;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recommends that the limit placed on access to supports (currently five years from the establishment of the business) should be reviewed in order to encourage generational turnover and that a minimum quota for aid for young farmers should be introduced;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is deeply concerned about the current logic of replacing non-repayable aid with financial instruments which, although potentially useful, cannot replace non-repayable aid;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Draws attention to the false opportunities for young farmers offered in the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds to design and implement financial instruments in the form of loan, guarantee or equity funds in order to provide access to finance to those in need;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reiterates that this fund does not serve small- or medium-scale farming, let alone young farmers setting up;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Understands that the creation of an environment favourable to young farmers setting up in the industry requires an overhaul of the CAP with new supply- regulation instruments that safeguard each country's output and protect the European production model in trade agreements with third countries;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses that the current policy of supporting biofuels is a serious obstacle to fairer land distribution;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Deplores the fact that many Member States under pressure from austerity policies have closed part of their national network of public laboratories, thus reducing crucial responses for the rural community in a number of key areas.