11 Amendments of Adrián VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA related to 2021/2079(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas agriculture on islands is hampered by their remote location, small holdings, limited diversity in production, dependence on local markets, strong competition from third countries, the climate crisis, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss and a lack of energy, fresh water and digital infrastructure;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. Whereas islands, especially outermost regions, are very vulnerable to economic crises and, following the Covid- 19 epidemic, they have suffered more severe supply difficulties than mainland areas.
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas these regions are at a strong disadvantage due to competition from third countries, which do not respect the same environmental and food safety production standards, and have much lower labour costs, making it very difficult to afford new investments intended to improve their competitiveness and to adapt to new EU legal requirements.
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. Whereas the impact of the Farm- to-Fork strategy on EU agricultural production may have severe consequences in these regions due to their weak competitiveness vis-à-vis imports from third countries and the challenges they face in the diversification of their productions.
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
B d. Whereas services of general interest are not fully developed in all islands, mainly due to insufficient investments in basic infrastructures, such as roads, water supply or waste management facilities, which further hinders the development of viable agricultural production.
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to maintainpromote appropriate funding, including through the programmes for the outermost regions and smaller Aegean islands, to enhance agricultural competitiveness, ensure sustainable management of natural resources and support balanced territorial development on EU islands;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the maintenance of the POSEI funds in the current EU financial framework, and stresses the role played by this program in supporting agricultural production and supply in outermost regions through specific tools; nevertheless, asks the Commission to make an in-depth evaluation of the financial needs of those regions to help them achieve the ecological transition and to improve their economic resilience.
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Member States to strengthen support from cohesion funds for the improvement of basic infrastructure on islands, in order to reduce the exodus to other regions and to ensure better conditions for the development of the agricultural activity.
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the European Commission to establish a separate chapter dedicated to the outermost regions in its impact assessments of the Farm-to- Fork and Biodiversity strategies, and to take into account the outcome of these assessments in order to adapt, if necessary, the legislative actions to the natural and economic difficulties of these regions and to the strong competition from third countries.
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Considers it necessary to strengthen EU support to the modernisation of the agricultural activity in the islands, including through the promotion of precision farming, to help those regions meet the Green Deal objectives.