Activities of Bert-Jan RUISSEN related to 2024/0176(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 - all sections
Amendments (16)
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reminds that farmers and rural communities are key actors in food quality and, affordability and safety and the preservation of rural areas, as well as having a strategic role in areas characterized by high seismic and hydrogeological risk that need a special support from the CAP;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Insists that special attention must be devoted to the fishing fleets in order to improve safety, on-board living conditions, energy efficiency and environmental sustainability, including renewal of the fleet, with special attention to the small scale fishing fleet, while not excluding vessels above 24 metres in length from funding; reiterates that this can contribute to making the fishery sector more attractive for the younger generations and must not be confused with fleet expansion or increased fishing capacity or ability to catch fish;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to propose actions to increase the global share of sustainable EU aquaculture production, which contributes to the supply of aquatic protein of high quality and with a low carbon footprint; calls on the Member States and the Commission to make full use of the financial resources available for the EMFAF in order to sustainably boost the growth of this sector’s share of global aquaculture production above its current 2 % by means of specific, acceptable and shared targets for 2030; recalls that fish is rich in protein and therefore has strategic value and is essential for food security; points out capture fisheries are among the lowest impact systems for the production of animal protein;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Insists on the need to improve scientific and technical knowledge in order to ensure the development and use of the most reliable research-based solutions; reiterates the importance of guaranteeing sufficient financial resources for Member States’ and European scientific entities so that they can collect, manage, analyse, use and exchange fisheries sector data and invest in research on innovative, and more selective fishing techniques with technology-openness; calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue to invest in innovative gear and techniques for selective fishing that contribute to substantially reducing CO2 emissions and fuel use; calls for the authorisation of proven techniques to be made easier;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Deplores the CAP budget cut in the MFF revision, in particular the halving to the programs dedicated to the promotion of EU agricultural products, and calls for a CAP budget increase in the next MFF to ensure food security and a fair income for farmers; this is linked to the growing interest in promotion programmes in 2024, which has seen an increase in project submissions;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for maintaining an inclusive and strong promotion policy budget of at least EUR 185,9 million to ensure that the policy continues to support all agricultural sectors proportionately, guarantee the competitiveness of agriculture and our food sovereignty and allow the creation of new international markets for European agricultural products;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to adequately fund measures aiming to effectively make the EU fleet less dependent on fossil fuel and more fuel efficient; further calls on the Commission to fund research on adapting zero-emission propulsion systems, such as e-fuels, wind propulsion and batteries, for use on fishing vessels and with different gear types, with a realistic time schedule;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the recent CAP simplification package and notes it has no budgetary impact; calls for the prosecution of this package until the end of this programming period and additional measures and resources to address the causes of farmers’ discontent across the EU with a focus to strengthen their position in the agri-food value chain;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the strengthening of support measures for young farmers and asks for investments on generational change and a greater involvement of women through aimed funding programs;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterates the need to provide substantial support for disadvantaged coastal areas and European outermost regions. Calls for the European Commission to allow financial support for fleet renewal in the European outermost regions by ending the ban on State aid for vessel replacements. Recalls that, contrary to the provisions of the EMFAF, this objective has not received any European funding in any region.
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to providallocate sufficient and solid funding for the agricultural reserve to safeguard food security and in future the crisis reserve funding should come from outside the CAP budget;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Insists that the Commission must guarantee that EU funds are not allocated or linked to any form of terrorism and/or religious and political radicalisation; reiterates its position that all schoolbooks and school materials supported by Union funds must be in line with UNESCO standards of peace, tolerance, coexistence, and non-violence; is concerned about the antisemitism, hate speech and incitement to jihad and violence taught in Palestinian school textbooks, indirectly funded by the EU; underlines the importance of EU funds to be directed towards the proper training of Palestinian teachers in line with UNESCO education standards; stresses that conditionality of EU financial assistance in the educational sector needs to be duly considered;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the need for a fair distribution of CAP support between Member States, including direct payments, considering the differences in production and living costs in different Member States;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the need to better address the impact of floods, droughts and wildfires on primary production, food security and farmers’ income through an agricultural reserve that reflects the needs of farmers to cope with adverse climatic events.
Amendment 130 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Asks the Commission that any environmental fund in the future shall not involve financial resources shifted from the CAP.