Activities of Álvaro AMARO related to 2021/2254(INI)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on a long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas – towards stronger, connected, resilient and prosperous rural areas by 2040
Amendments (14)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s presentation of its long-term vision for rural areas and the Commission commitments “to leave no one and no place behind and to bring the EU closer to its citizens”;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets the fact that the long-term vision was not presented before the conclusion of the negotiations for the regulations on the cohesion policy and common agricultural policy for 2021-2027; recalls that synergies between these funds and other relevant EU and national funds are crucial for the future of rural areas and their populations;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that EU cohesion policy, which seeks to promote the economic, social and territorial cohesion of the Union, is vitally important to rural areas, acknowledges the important role of agriculture and involves all levels of governance, including in particular the local and regional authorities;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Requests that the Commission propose a single EU-wide definition of functional rural areas; welcomes the proposal for the creation of an EU rural observatory to further improve data collection and analysis;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the fact that the main objective of the long-term vision should be to fight depopulation, ageing and rural abandonment, including through investment in infrastructure and the provision of services, economic diversification, job creationadequate public and private services, (including healthcare, education and training, retail, postal, banking, social services and mobility) economic diversification (including the investment in creative industries and tourism), job creation, support to SMEs and innovative mobility solutions;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that connections between rural and urban areas must be strengthened and addressed in a complementary manner in order to implement rural strategies and action plans accordingly; underlines the importance of partnerships across rural areas and remote areas in particular; emphasises the importance of fighting the digital divide between urban and rural areas, especially as regards high-speed broadband connectivity and the promotion of digital skills, trough education and training;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the importance of entrepreneurship, social economy and social innovation including the silver economy, especially when it comes to implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights in rural areas including in particular fighting poverty and social exclusion, defending children, elderly, women and gender rights, the inclusion of persons with disabilities, integrating immigrants and marginalized communities;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the diversity of rural areas and the crucial importance of multi- level governance and tailor- made territorial approaches in implementing the long-term vision, primarily in less developed, remote and outermost regions.; welcomes in this respect the launch of the Rural Pact, the EU Rural Action Plan and the ‘rural proofing’ mechanism to previously assess the impact of EU initiatives on rural areas in advance;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the central role rural areas can play in addressing societal challenges, by focusing on the conservation of natural resources and providing ecosystem services to mitigate climate change and environmental deterioration, ensuring sustainable food production, preserving rural heritage, and contributing to the protection of nature and biodiversity and to a just, green and digital transition;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that rural areas are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of crisis, such as the COVID pandemic and the war in Ukraine but are also capable of offering new opportunities in response to such crisis, as they have a key role to play in ensuring food security in the EU;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Insists that rural citizens must benefit, like any other citizen, from equitable conditions for achieving their professional, social and personal goals, with a particular focus on more vulnerable groups, thereby effectively upholding the European Pillar of Social Rights; stresses that targeted interventions fostering effective generational renewal are essential; emphasises the need to support young people living in these areas, by helping to overcome challenges, encouraging generational renewal in the management of farms and agricultural cooperatives and the establishment of more young farmers; stresses the need to improve agricultural training;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines the central role agriculture, sustainable forestry and game management plays in rural areas; insists that sustainable agriculture, providing faia better income to farmers and forestry producers, is crucial for the vitality of these territories;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Recognises the importance in terms of social, economic, cultural and biodiversity conservation terms of sustainable game management for the future of rural areas;
Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls for more community-based policy design, involving local actors, authoritiend rural actors, including farmers, foresters, agricultural cooperatives, producer organisations and civil society, and insists therefore that they must play an active role from decision-making to policy implementation and evaluation;