12 Amendments of Marco ZULLO related to 2015/2226(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, in the face of the current economic crisis, the European Union has made jobs – in particular via the Juncker plan –decided to make jobs one of its key priorities, and whereas, in that connection, tha CAP whose legitimacy of the CAP must be reaffirmed so that it can bis reaffirmed and which is more effective mused ast become one of the principal tools for EU action as regards jobs in rural areas;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas experience on the ground shows that other kinds of agricultural development are possible, providing better results in terms of food quality and agronomic, environmental and economic performance, and that small and medium- sized farms that are generally more diversified, more innovative and better organised in terms of forming associations involving group agriculture are more inclined to be resilient in times of crisis and to benefit the communities where they are located;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the current crisis shows that the unregulated market is unable to ensure price stability or maintain jobs, and that it is time to come up with new regulatory tools that are tailored to the hypercompetition pertaining in Europe and the rest of the world, and to identify long- term objectives which will promote production planning whose fundamental aims include meeting the European population's food requirements;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas the rural environment needs to be made more attractive to rising generations, promoting training geared to innovation and modernisation in the profession and in technologies;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the market measures and exceptional crisis measures provided for under the Single CMO must be implemented much more swiftly and proactively so as to limit the negative effects that falling prices have on income; urges the Commission, in this context, in the light of recent crises, to develop more rapid and effective intervention systems which can prevent the most negative effects;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that geographical indications and organic farming represent and guarantee territory-based added value and create jobs, and as such should not only be protected but also developed; recalls, in the light of the legislative proposals under discussion or in preparation, that these positive impacts on the economy are based on the confidence that consumers have in this type of production, and therefore hopes that such confidence will not be undermined by changes that could be perceived as reducing its quality;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to clearly redefine and propose a European agricultural model that makes retaining territory-based jobs and food sovereignty a priority;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises that it is important that the CAP should provide funding for the positive effects that agriculture brings in terms of jobs and the environment, and that it should provide more support for organic and biodynamic farming and all other sustainable production methods in the context of agroecology, which will entail moving beyond current cross-compliance standards and agri-environmental and climate measures;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Recalls the positive example of 'organic districts', namely areas where, by means of a coordinated set of measures, products of local arable and livestock farming produced by organic methods and all the economic operators which depend on them (agrofood, gastronomic and touristic undertakings) are promoted, an instrument which has already shown that it can increase local income and assist the defence of the land by means of conservation of the countryside and of traditional products;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that regaining control of the European market must be a principle for action under the future CAP, before turning to markets outside the EU, in order to ensure that dependence on exports and imports does not damage the economy;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for the PAC to prioritise, under the EIP, support for innovative, more sustainable agricultural and forestry models for the production of food and non- food goods and services (renewables, bioeconomics, etc.), developing the full range of resources in each rural territory; stresses at the same time that food resources and resources which serve for food production should not be used for other economic purposes;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States to make significant progress towards top- down social harmonisation of the agricultural workforce and its costs, thereby minimising the damage done by internal social dumping, which undermines jobs;