Activities of Jasenko SELIMOVIC related to 2015/2226(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
How the CAP can improve job creation in rural areas (A8-0285/2016 - Eric Andrieu)
Amendments (20)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas it is of crucial importance to maintain the two pillars of the CAP due to the fact that Pillar I prevents out- migration of small and family farms from the sector and maintains jobs in the agricultural sector, whereas Pillar II funds ensure job creation in other areas such as tourism, food processing and other related sectors;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas job creation in rural areas must be part and parcel of a sustainable policy that is tailored to ecosystems and involves the maintenance and development of agricultural and agriculture-related activities that forge links between the various stakeholders both socially and in terms of solidarity, forestry and sector-related activities;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas support should be provided first and foremost to family farms run by one or more responsible, independent farmers who work on their farms in an effective manner and who are much better able to deal with any problems by adapting their production and/or their production methods and by diversifysmall family-run farms in order to tackle the constant structural change ing their activities when necessary agricultural sector;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the Member States have made extensive use of the option of granting coupled aid – which anchors jobs in disadvantaged areas – and calls on the Member States to increase the proportion of such aid; ; notes that the unequal implementation of coupled aid among Member States leads to distortion within the internal market; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure equal implementation throughout the Union in order to realise the objectives of the common agricultural policy;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States and their regions to shift the focus of their rural policy to job creation and retention, and calls on the Commission to assist them in achieving that objective;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the need to give young farmers long-term prospects in order to address rural depopulation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce initiatives to support entrepreneurship, emerging industries and the labour market in agriculture and forestry in order to create new and maintain existing agricultural jobs as well as to make them more attractive to young people;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Highlights the importance of the tourism sector as a source of income for farmers (e.g. farm holidays); urges the Member States and the Commission to institute programmes to support investment and entrepreneurship; considers it important to support these farms by means of tourism campaigns;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses the need for initiatives to improve mobility, digital infrastructure and demographic outlook in rural areas in order to increase the accessibility and attractiveness of rural areas and thus to increase the creation of jobs and their competitiveness;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Stresses the need to encourage the development, marketing and sale of high- quality agricultural products; calls for initiatives to open new markets as well as to introduce operational product programmes and marketing campaigns in order to ensure product diversification and competitiveness of the European food chain;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Points out that the diversification of agriculture and regional niche markets increase and ensure employment in rural areas; Calls for initiatives to support diversification of farms (e.g. direct marketing of agricultural products) and of the rural economy in general (e.g. facilitating the shift from agricultural work to other fields of employment);
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Takes the view that the funds under the future CAP ought to provide more support for small and medium-sized farms, which, because they are generally more diversified, economical and autonomous, and more easily handed over, are more effective in terms of creating added value and territory-based jobs to reduce the dwindling of small and family farms which are an important economic and social pillar of the region;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 281 #
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;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses that farmers are highly confronted with CAP related administrative costs and that these costs vary substantially among Member States; calls on the Commission and Member States to decrease administrative burden by cutting red tape and simplification as well as ensuring cost-effective transposition of the CAP;