5 Amendments of Béla GLATTFELDER related to 2008/2153(INI)
Amendment 1 #
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1. Considers that Europe’s and the world's food security is increasingly threatened by the high volatility in food prices, after 30 years of decreasing prices in real termswhich was recently reflected in a major price increase after 30 years of decreasing prices in real terms; stresses that it is the poorest population groups in both developing and developed countries that are the hardest hit;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
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2. Estimates that the recent sudden soar in prices – in addition to speculation and bad crops -can be primarily explained by the structural growth in world demand for agricultural products, stemming from population growth, chan be primarily explained by the growing demand for food by developing countries on world markets and the additional demand triggered by biofuelsging eating habits and the growth in agri-fuel production, as well as unfavourable developments such as poor harvests and speculation on world markets; stresses that this is therefore not a passing crisis and that a global, long-term response is required;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
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2a. Stresses that efforts to meet people's basic needs, in particular as regards food and water, can often be a source of conflict; notes that the growth in the world's population, which is expected to rise by 3 billion by 2050, will exacerbate such tensions in all regions of the world; calls, accordingly, for this geo-strategic factor to be taken into account in the future formulation of agricultural policy;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
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4. Believes that the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) and trade liberalisationfurther, unregulated liberalisation of agricultural trade would lead to a further increase in food prices and even higher price volatility,; since a large cut in agricultural supports in thetresses that the worst affected would be the most vulnerable, food-importing developeding countries; stresses, furthermore, that wourld cause a dramatic fall in their production; strade rules must under no circumstances go against the right of countriesses that the worst affected would be the most vulnerable, food-importing developing countries or regions to support their farming sectors with a view to ensuring food security for their population;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
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6. Insists that the EU must remain a maplay a part in matching food suppliery to demand worldwide and that all forms of agriculture must be involved in order to achieve this; considers, furthermore, that the EU must guarantee its food security by maintaining the fundamental principles and objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): stable prices, increased productivity by technological progress and better crops, and flexible buffer stocks to react to crises akin to those being faced today;