Activities of Bronis ROPĖ related to 2021/0227(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022 - all sections
Amendments (9)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Stresses that, in accordance with Article 2(1)(c) of the Paris Agreement, finance flows should be made ‘consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development’; deplores the lack of attention given to the call by IPCC scientists, in their latest report, for radical action to catch up with the ecological transition, in the light of their warning that CO2concentration increased three times faster in 2018-2019 than in the 1960s; underlines the fact that there are only a few years left to prevent climate change from getting irreversibly out of control; is convinced that the current COVID crisis should not undermine the ambition of moving towards the objective of achieving climate neutrality by 2050, requiring a cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 60% compared with 1990 levels by 2030;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the importance of transitional common agricultural policy (CAP) measures to bridge the gap to the new legal basis for a strong contribution to the European Green Deal; points at the possible strong repercussions of the negotiated compromises on the budget structure; welcomes the reinforcement of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) by EUR 5,7 billion from Next Generation EU (NGEU) in 2022; highlights that NGEU support is not only essential to the recovery of farmers and rural areas from the impact of the pandemic, but also crucial to the Union’s ambitious environmental targets; ; highlights therefore the need for a strong EAFRD and swift operation of the Next Generation EU funds in 2022, taking into account Union commitments from that new recovery instrument;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States in 2022 to focus on projects that safeguard existing jobs in the agriculture sector and create quality jobs with labour rights, stable and regulated pay and working conditions, in order to effectively and incisively combat poverty and social exclusion in rural areas;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the need for a strong contribution of the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and EAFRD to the Union objective of mainstreaming climate and biodiversity in the budget 2021-2027; highlights the preliminary estimates showing that their contribution to climate mainstreaming reaches over 20 % of the Union target while their contribution to biodiversity mainstreaming represents over 60 % of the Union objective, thus estimated to compensatinge for programmes which do not contribute to those goals; Stresses, however, the need for these estimates to be confirmed by accurate tracking of expenditure; Recalls the Union responsibility to track its biodiversity-related expenditure to fulfil its reporting obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity; stresses that a transparent, comprehensive and meaningful tracking methodology should be adopted swiftly, and adapted if necessary during the MFF mid-term revision, for both climate-related spending and biodiversity-related spending; highlights that a year 2022 without adequate climate and biodiversity spending and reliable tracking risks impeding the achievement of these targets throughout the next MFF;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that the lack of convergence of external direct payments distorts the conditions of competition in the EU’s common market; calls to ensure a fairer distribution of funds by the end of 2022;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses that future food sovereignty relies on generational renewal in the agricultural sector; Calls on the Member States to strengthen existing support measures for young farmers in 2022 in view of the lack of generational renewal in farming, which is currently one of European agriculture’s biggest challenges; Calls on the Council and Commission to maintain levels of support for young farmers in the General Budget 2022; stresses the need to facilitate access to land and farm succession as a key prerequisite to enable young and new farmers to enter the sector;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Reaffirms the significance of the Union's school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme to help children follow a healthy diet; therefore cannot agree with the Commission's proposal to reduce support for the school scheme by almost 10 percent, particularly given the varied but often detrimental effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and young people's food security, their dietary habits and financial resources; invites Member States to fully use their allocations and prioritise sustainable, local and high- quality production;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Considers that the CAP funds should not support bullfighting; Urges Member States to exclude the possibility of farmers receiving CAP voluntary coupled support for cattle whose final destination is the sale for activities related to bullfighting;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Considers that the CAP funds should not support bullfighting; Urges Member States to exclude the possibility of farmers receiving CAP direct payments for cattle whose final destination is the sale for activities related to bullfighting, by proportionally excluding the number of heads of cattle from those payments;