26 Amendments of Lena EK related to 2009/2236(INI)
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas since the background to the reform is one of economic crisis and serious financial difficulties facing Member States, taxpayers, farmers and consumers, we must set out a coherent and credible way forward for the CAP post-2013;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas agri-environmental indicators show an important potential for the agricultural sector in the effort to mitigate the effects of climate change, particularly with regard to carbon sequestration and the production of renewable energy; whereas aGood Agricultural Practivityce is essential for the preservation of biodiversity, water management and combating soil erosion and can be a key factor in addressing climate change,
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the EU must continue to ensure food securitythe availability of supplies for its citizens as well as help feed the world's poor through free and fair trade; whereas the number of hungry people now exceeds 1 billion and in the European Union today there are over 40 million poor people who do not have enough to eat,
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas according to the latest Eurobarometer, while most Europeans do not know what the CAP is, 90% of EU citizens surveyed consider agriculture and rural areas to be important for Europe's future, 83% of EU citizens surveyed are in favour of financial support to farmers and, on average, they believe that agricultural policy should continue to be decided upon at European level,
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that the CAP is, together with the trade policy, one of the most integrated of all EU policies and therefore logically accounts for the largest share of the EU budget; recognises that its share of the budget has steadily decreased from about 75% of the total EU budget in 1985 to 39.3% by 20135 , representing less than 0.45% of total EU GDP6 , whilst at the same time support is more thinly spread today with 12 new Member States joining the EU;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that the availability of supplies which, as stated in Article 39 of the Lisbon Treaty, should reach the consumers at reasonable prices, is of great importance since basic food security remains thea central challenge for EU agriculture as the world population is predicted to grow from 6 to 9 billion by 2050 and demand for food will double by 2050 according to the FAO (especially in emerging economies such as China or India);
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Believes that the global energy crisis and increasing energy prices is a great opportunity for farmers to add an additional revenue stream to their income by increasing their production of alternative energy, thereby creating new jobs and contribute to solve the climate crises;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that the CAP must provide immediate responses to the effects of the economic crisis on farming businesses such as the lack of access to credit for farmers, constraints on farm incomes7 , lack of viable private insurance solutions, and increasing rural unemployment;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is of the opinion that a strongin view of the Europe 2020 strategy, a smart, sustainable and inclusive European Common Agricultural Policy is needed to ensure that EU farmers remain competitive on the world market against well subsidised trading partners; believes that free and fair trade can help the EU cannot afford toto solely rely on other parts of the world to provide for European basic food security in the context of climate change, political instability in certain regions of the world and potential outbreaks of diseases or other events potentially detrimental to production capacity;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is of the opinion that a strong European Common Agricultural Policy is needed to ensure that EU farmers remain competitive on the world market against well subsidised trading partners, while at the same time not undermining agricultural production in developing countries; believes that the EU cannot afford to rely on other parts of the world to provide for European basic food security in the context of climate change, political instability in certain regions of the world and potential outbreaks of diseases or other events potentially detrimental to production capacity;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls that one of the main reasons why the EU needs a strong CAP is to contribute to the development of viable and, dynamic and sustainable rural communities, at the heart of European cultural diversity, and with a view to ensuring sustainable and balanced socio- economic development across all European territory;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Points out that there is an urgent need to attract younger generations to rural areas and provide new and alternative economic opportunities for them to ensure a sustainable rural population; recognises that the current system for CAP support has contributed to higher land prices which has had a negative impact on the possibilities of entering the agri-sector; considers that the availability of favourable loans and credit for investments in key objectives, such as animal welfare, farm efficiency and alternative energy production, must be assured.
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Believes that the CAP should be gender neutral and that both spouses should be provided with the same rights when working in the business;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Points out that farmers have the potential to deliver additional environmental benefits that match societal demands, in particular soil preservation and restoration, sound water management and quality improvement and farmland biodiversity preservation, and that they must be encouraged to do so; believes that the possibility to pay for this should be analysed;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Believes, in line with the latest research available, that without a common agricultural policy, unbalanced and Good Agricultural Practice, unsustainable modes of production would develop across the EU (extreme intensification on the best land and widespread land abandonment in disadvantaged areas), causing serious damage to the environment; insists that the cost of support through a strong CAP is nothing compared to the costs of no action and its negative unintended consequences;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Believes that agriculture is well placed to make a major contribution to delivering the new EU 2020 Strategy priorities of tackling climate change and creating new jobs in rural areas through green growth whilst at the same time continuing to provide basic food security for European consumers by producing safe and high- quality food products;
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Insists that the maintenance of farming activity across the whole of Europe is fundamental to maintain diverse and local food production and prevent the threat of land abandonment across EU territory; considers that the specific challenge of subsistence farming must be addressed in a wider policy context;
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Calls for a fairer distribution of CAP payments and insists that it should be fair to farmers in both new and old Member States8 ; calls for the support to be targeted to farmers for the delivery of such public goods which the market does not reward them for; firmly believes that the processing industry should not receive CAP support;
Amendment 466 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40 a. Considers that alternative energy production is an excellent compliment to traditional farming activities to ensure a good income for farmers.
Amendment 470 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Notes that the market fails to reward farmers for protecting the environment; therefore believes that the CAP must become greener by incentivising farmers to maxoptimisze the delivery of eco-system services to further improve the sound environmental resource management of EU farmland;
Amendment 484 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Believes that farmers are well placed to contribute to green growth and respond to the energy crisis through the development of green energy in such forms as biomass, biowaste, biogas, second-generation biofuels and small-scale wind, solar and hydro energy, which will also help create new green job opportunities; believes that the machines used in agriculture should use 50 % alternative fuels by 2020;
Amendment 522 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Recognises the wide range of new priorities for the CAP and notes that the new Member States' expectation when they joined the European Union was that CAP support would, over time, reach parity with old Member States; therefore calls for the 2013 CAP budget amount to be at least maintained post-2013 if the EU is to meet its current commitments and successfully deliver the new priorities;
Amendment 569 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 – point 1
Paragraph 48 – point 1
(1) Believes that in order to reduce the disparities in the distribution of direct support funds between Member States, the hectare basis alone will not be sufficient and, therefore, calls for additional objective criteria such as a purchasing power coefficient to be used to achieve an overall balanced distribution;
Amendment 599 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51 a (new)
Paragraph 51 a (new)
51 a. Notes that support on an area basis creates unintended consequences, such as land not being used for farming because of lock in effects, in some of the least favoured areas;
Amendment 718 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60
Paragraph 60
60. Believes that 'green growth' should be at the heart of a new rural development strategy focussing on creating new green jobs through: the development of biomass, biowaste, biogas and small-scale renewable energy production as well as encouraging the production of second-generation biofuels, investing in modernisation and innovation as well as new research and development techniques for adaptation to and mitigation of climate change, providing training and advice to farmers for applying new techniques and to assist young farmers entering the industry, and adding value to high-quality products through promotion and marketing measures;
Amendment 751 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
Paragraph 62
62. Insists that, to complement market measures, there is an urgent need to strengthen the primary producers' position in the food chain through a range of actions to address transparency, contractual relationships and commercial practices; takes the view that possible adjustments to competition rules should also be investigated to allow the primary producer organisations to grow in scale and sizework more efficiently, equipping them with the power to stand up to major retailers and processors;