Activities of Krzysztof JURGIEL related to 2023/2048(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the implementation of territorial development (CPR, Title III, Chapter II) and its application in the European Territorial agenda 2030
Amendments (12)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas rural areas face the urgent challenges of demographic decline and ageing, especially affecting EU farming populations, along with rural abandonment, lack of access to infrastructure and services, low incomes and, fewer job opportunities and the rising costs of running a farm;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas rising energy prices and inflation throughout Europe are hitting rural areas particularly hard, especially the poorest and most backward areas where it is most difficult to achieve cohesion policy objectives;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas rural areas should be attractive places to do business and play a crucial role in ensuring the EU’s food security;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas, although Article 174 TFEU stipulates that particular attention is to be paid to rural areas under the EU’s cohesion policy, the current cohesion policy is only partially delivering on that commitment; whereas urban areas are given preferential treatment under the cohesion policy; whereas, furthermore, many investments in rural areas that are not directly linked to agriculture – such as the building of public roads, investment in sewage systems and the establishment of non-agricultural businesses – are largely financed by the EAFRD and not by the Cohesion Fund;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that small and family farms are the backbone of EU rural areas, providplay a special role in the EU’s agricultural system and are essential in ensuring food security and providing ecosystem services for European citizens;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of improving the policy coherence and rural proofing of future EU initiatives to effectively prevent rural depopulation and, to facilitate generational renewal, broadband access andto combat transport-related social exclusion and to improve the territorial accessibility of the areas concerned, access to broadband internet and adequate services, especially health and education, as well as job creation in rural areas;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises that achieving the objectives of the cohesion policy in rural areas should always involve a compromise between environmental, economic and social objectives, which are vital for the well-being of current and future generations;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates the need for full integration of the long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas in the current and future multiannual financial frameworks, especially the cohesion and common agricultural policy (CAP) programming frameworks to ensure that the rural dimension is properly addressed at all governance levels, with a particular focus on the principle of rural-proofing, to ensure complementary and coherent support for rural areas at all levels of territorial development;
Amendment 45 #
4a. Takes the view that the establishment of territorial cohesion in rural areas should take account of and respect their diversity and the disparities between them as regards the level of infrastructure development and the links in place between urban and rural areas;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that the instability in the agricultural markets in the EU and across the world caused by Russia’s aggression in Ukraine is a particular challenge for the cohesion policy and for European solidarity as it is destabilising the farming sector and increasing the risk of widespread economic stagflation, which will further exacerbate the current wealth disparities between the various countries and regions of the EU;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Draws attention to the continuing conflict of interest in some rural and suburban areas between the financing of cohesion policy and agricultural policy objectives and calls on the Commission to make an appropriate distinction, in line with the Treaty, between funding for rural areas under the CAP and under the cohesion policy, taking into account the objectives of each of these policies as laid down in Articles 39 and 174 of the Treaty;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Is convinced that the continuing lack of internal and external alignment as regards direct CAP payments is undermining the cohesion policy’s long- term objectives, especially in the poorest and least developed areas;