34 Amendments of Marc TARABELLA related to 2021/2254(INI)
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Article 174 of TFEU states that the Union shall aim at reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions, with particular attention to be paid to some regions, notably rural areas;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the overall share of population in rural areas has been slightly decreasing at EU level in the past decade, namely due ageing and outmigration (urbanisation); whereas populations are likely to shrink in four out of five rural regions by 2050 of the EU1a ; whereas remote rural areas are set to further lose inhabitants; _________________ 1a EUROSTAT 2021(https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/pr oducts-eurostat-news/-/ddn-20210520-1)
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the share of people older than 65 years is generally the highest in rural areas, and is expected to increase in the future;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the average employment rate in the EU’s rural areas evolved favourably from 2012-2020 although differently between Member States and with variation in the quality of employment offer; whereas the share of population that is at risk of poverty or social exclusion, is higher in rural areas than in cities and towns
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas transport infrastructures and connections were identified by citizens as the key needs in rural areas 2a; _________________ 2a Flash Eurobarometer 491 - A long term Vision for EU Rural Areas, April 2021
Amendment 60 #
Af. whereas very-high-speed connections are available only to one out of six rural residents; whereas there is a substantial gap between rural and urban areas concerning basic digital skills, with 28% of the adults living in rural areas had basic or above basic digital skills, compared to 62% for adults living in cities (2019);
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas one of the objectives for the Common Agriculture Policy for the current programming period is to promote employment, growth, gender equality, including the participation of women in farming, social inclusion and local development in rural areas;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A h (new)
Recital A h (new)
Ah. whereas in 2016, for every farmer younger than 35 years, there were more than six farmers older than 65 years 3a; whereas the share of young female farmers is especially low; _________________ 3a CAP specific objectives explained - Structural change and generational renewal,https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/def ault/files/food-farming- fisheries/key_policies/documents/cap- briefs-7-structural-change_en.pdf
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A i (new)
Recital A i (new)
Ai. whereas rural areas can play a major role in achieving the Paris Agreement target of reaching climate neutrality by 2050 and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG);
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the central role rural areas can play in addressing societal challenges, by providing ecosystem services to mitigate climate change and environmental deterioration, ensuring sustainable food production, preserving rural heritage, fostering nature protection and biodiversity and contributing to a just, green and digital transition;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights that demographic change and ageing will affect all regions but most particularly rural areas which will influence negatively their growth potential, skills development and access to services, as presented in the 8th Cohesion Report;
Amendment 117 #
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; highlights that the covid-19 pandemic resulted in new behaviours in living, working and interacting that generates new opportunities for rural areas
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Draws attention to the important function of small and medium-sized farms in maintaining rural populations, preserving land management and related landscape shaping and ecological functions, and mitigating shrinking demographic trends for rural areas.
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Agrees on the need for a common, EU-wide, functional definition of rural areas, while recognising its various specificities and urges the Commission to quickly develop and operationalise such a definition;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the announcement of a Rural Observatory to improve data collection and analysis on rural areas; considers it a valid instrument for informing, designing and monitoring better public policies, as well as to monitor progress on the implementation of the long-term vision and future rural strategies; considers that the rural observatory should be an opportunity to identify data gaps, promote a more granular statistical approach and to develop indicators at an adequate geographical level to capture population’s needs;
Amendment 193 #
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; underlines that services of general interest in rural areas need to be of comparable quality with those in urban areas; stresses that targeted interventions fostering effective generational renewal are essential;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Asks the European Commission to pay particular attention to the implementation of article 174 of the EU treaty and ensure that all EU policies will apply the "do no harm to cohesion" principle, particularly in the rural areas;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop specific actions, in line with article 10 of the European Pillar on Social Rights, to improve the working conditions, safety and health of workers in the rural areas, including the living and working conditions of seasonal and migrant workers;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines the central role agriculture and forestry plays in rural areas; insists that sustainable agriculture, providing fair income to farmers, is crucial for the vitality of these territories;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Regrets that the work of rural women is still not properly recognised; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take action toby designing and implementing measures to fight gender gaps, , namely to increase women’s participation in representative bodies and in decision making positions, facilitate co- ownership of businesses, provide targeted training and skills development and counteract the migration of high qualified women form rural areas;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the central role of rural areas in the transition to a low-carbon economy; stresses that initiatives in rural areas, such as renewable energy infrastructure, must contribute effectively to the economic and social vitality of such areas; calls on the Commission and Member States to facilitate and enable the uptake of initiatives by local actors, namely the creation of rural energy communities;
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Draws attention to the fact that the comparative lack of digital skills in rural areas can preclude rural communities from benefiting from the opportunities of digitalisation; calls for measures that ensure digital inclusion, especial in the context of population ageing, and support an enabling environment for rural digital innovation;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Highlights that rural communities vitality depend on the existence and maintenance of different types of local meeting places, which are a strong marker for place-based identity and for social interaction;
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Welcomes the REPowerEU plan to reduce dependence on Russian fossil fuels but is strongly concerned with the proposals to increase significantly the transfer possibility of resources from shared management funds, which, if followed, will be detrimental to medium and long -term policy planning towards a fair green and digital transition, including/especially for rural areas
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission to advance in 2022 a targeted legislative proposal enabling the possibility of the transfer of resources between all shared management funds when supporting rural territorial strategies, allowing to address rural areas needs in an holistic way, in order to promote employment, growth, gender equality, social inclusion and local development in rural areas
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Call on the Commission to advance in 2022 a targeted legislative proposal extending the scope of the “Lead Fund” approach to interventions co- financed by more than one shared management fund as well as to further simplifying it by specifying that the rules of the Lead Fund shall apply in its entirety.
Amendment 420 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the role that all EU policies and funds, both shared and those under direct management, must play in supporting rural areas by incorporating a rural dimension in the design of their measures and interventions; calls on the Commission to develop a mechanism to assess and monitor the contribution each fund makes to the rural areas;
Amendment 430 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Highlights the Commission study’s conclusions on LEADER’s effectiveness in delivering solutions to address economic, social and development challenges and opportunities at local level and in contributing to for sustainable rural development1a ; calls on Member States to support LEADER/Community-Led Local Development (CLLD), thereby facilitating and promoting multi-fund approaches; considers that the meaningful earmarking of assistance for CLLD under all relevant funds at EU level, including the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), would contribute to stronger and more sustainable territorial development; _________________ 1a European Commission, Directorate- General for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dwyer, J., Kubinakova, K., Powell, J., et al., Evaluation support study on the impact of leader on balanced territorial development : final report, 2022, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2762/01039
Amendment 435 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on Member States to make better use of all available tools to support rural areas, such as tax incentives to individuals and businesses looking to settle in rural areas, aimed at creating jobs and incentivising the establishment of new residents, as well as to encourage private companies to promote remote working, aiming at actively combat depopulation;
Amendment 461 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Notes that while EU legislation envisages multilevel governance approaches and partnerships, there is resistance to their application in a meaningful way; calls on Member States to support these approaches by allocating responsibility at the appropriate local level and ensuring political ownership and strong coordination of policies and investments across all levels of governance; recalls that Eurobarometer showed that rural residents have stronger confidence in regional and local governments;
Amendment 465 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Draws attention to the role of agri- food cooperatives in the environmental, economic and social sustainability of rural areas, adding value to the products of their members, creating employment, diversifying the local economy and contributing for the fixation of rural population; urges the Commission and the Member States to promote, with their policies, the processes of creation and integration of cooperatives in rural areas.
Amendment 492 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls for the long-term vision to be developed into a true rural strategy at EU level to coordinate the contribution of all EU funds and policies in rural areas, to be fully integrated into future programming periods and calls on all Member States to develop rural strategies at national level and regional level;
Amendment 500 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the Commission to assess in a timely manner the potential impact of the EAFRD’s detachment from the common provisions for shared management funds, Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, in the development of integrated territorial approaches in rural areas and to draw lessons for the next programming periods;
Amendment 501 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Invites the Commission to explore alternative policy strategies and approaches for funding articulation in the next programming period that would allow for a truly integrated territorial development in rural areas, including examining the option of one national strategy and one regulation for all shared management funds.