Activities of Dacian CIOLOŞ related to 2022/0212(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 - all sections (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. stresses the importance of funding research and innovation in the agri-food sector through the budget of the Horizon Europe programme, EIPs, pilot projects, preparatory actions and the introduction of assisted evolution technologies; recalls the need for farmers to be provided with technical assistance; have access to innovation and new technologies and to be provided with technical assistance; stresses that farmers need alternatives to chemical plant protection products and synthetic fertilisers and for this, it is necessary to speed up the approval of these products and their introduction on the market; invites the European Commission to see which funding sources could be directed towards the development of sustainable fertiliser and alternative plant protection products production, for example the budget line for EIT under Horizon Europe;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. insists that an increase in the budget is necessary in view of the major challenges the agri-food sector is facing in 2022 and will continue to face in 2023, since Russia’s war against Ukraine has seriously aggravated an already difficult and challenging situation of access to, and affordability, of inputs and increased speculation on the agricultural commodities markets;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Underlines the importance to increase EU’s autonomy and export capacity of Ukrainian agricultural products given the prolonged blockade of the Ukrainian ports; calls on the European Commission to increase the financial allocations for Member States bordering Ukraine and that have access to sea, in order to increase storage capacity in ports and to support the local infrastructure;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on EU Member States to provide additional externally assigned revenue to fund food security through the Recovery and Resilience Facility and cohesion funds;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Calls on the European Commission to make food security a top priority of the 2023 cushion of unallocated funds; invites the European Commission to mobilise special instruments to put additional money in the NDICI;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9 c. Calls on the European Commission to increase the line on crisis mechanism of NDICI in order to establish a programme for food security in the global south under the rapid response pillar;