3 Amendments of Bas BELDER related to 2016/2024(BUD)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of agriculture and rural development in delivering many EU objectives, with regard to food security, the environment and territorial balance, and the important part it represents of the overall EU budget for 2017; insists, given its importance, that the agriculture budget remain at least at its current level in real terms;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes note of the cuts in rural development funding under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in terms of commitments and payments for the 2016 budget; highlights that these cuts are detrimental to economic growth in rural areas; points out that the EAFRD, including the LEADER programmes, are a major driver of rural development by giving wider benefits to the EU at large, especially in generating growth and employment in rural areas; insists that careful consideration be given to the final level of commitments and payments appropriations in the 2017 budget which needs to be adequate to meet outstanding commitments from the 2007- 2013 programme as well as to fund projects under the 2014-2020 programme;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Stresses the need for continuing innovation in agriculture and underlines the importance of adequate resources in the Horizon 2020 research programme being allocated to societal challenges relating to food and resource efficiency; asks for prioritisation of research projects directly involving primary producers in order to foster the applicability of results;