10 Amendments of Viorica DĂNCILĂ related to 2016/2250(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
— having regard to all the joint contributions and technical and political documents of the Conference of Presidents of the Outermost Regions of the European Union, in particular the final declaration of the 21st conference of 22 and 23 September 2016 and the Joint Memorandum adopted following the Fourth Forum of the Outermost Regions of the European Union of 30 and 31 March 2017,
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that farming plays a key role inneeds to be supported at European level to stimulatinge the economies of the ORs and create jobs, maintaining their economic and social cohesion, and safeguarding the environment, biodiversity, and ecological values;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Maintains that POSEI is enabling agriculture to develop and survive in the ORs; draws attention to the Commission’s POSEI implementation review, published on 15 December 2016, which makes the point that POSEI is consistent with the aims of the CAP, and calls for the basic features of the scheme to be preserved intact and for farming support measures to be consolidated under this programme, so as to avert the danger that agricultural production might be abandoned, with all the harmful consequences which that would entail for employment, the environment, and the territorial dimension of the ORs;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Maintains that the abolition of market management tools in the milk sector, the loss of business opportunities resulting from the Russian embargo, growing price volatility, and the prevailing crisis are undermining the sustainability of milk production in the Azores, one of the main driving forces within the region’s socio-economic fabric; points, therefore, to the need to take measures that will support and develop this sector, backed by the necessary resources, in order to help milk production continue in the Azores and to offset the effects of deregulation and the difficulty of selling production;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that this interpretation by the Commission has damaged the capacity of the outermost regions to take full advantage of their belonging of the Union and to develop in a way which takes full account of their specific characteristics and structural constraints, reminding states in that respect of the commitment made by the Commission with regard to the renewal of the strategy on the outermost regions;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Deplores the fact that the various European strategies for the outermost regions have so far been only partially implemented and fleshed out; considers that the outermost regions have wasted much time on defending the upholding of specific policies for them; considers that confidence needs to be restorboosted between the outermost regions and the European Institutions;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls therefore on the European Union Institutions, in concert with the outermost regions, to open a new chapter in relations between the EU and the outermost regions, based on a genuine new European strategy for the outermost regions which takes full advantage of the possibilities offered by Article 349 TFEU, particularly for the creation of specific programmes and, for enabling long-term investment and for innovation policies appropriate to their sustainable development needs;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to compile a precise overview of the approach to the outermost regions in the context of the revision of implementation measures by the end of 2017 and to examine the economic and social situation of each outermost region, including in particular putting figures on needs for investment in order to compensate for disadvantages and achieve sustainable development, so as to enable the outermost regions to approach the average levels of development which exist in Europe;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Deplores the factConsiders that the successive reforms of the common organisations of the market (COMs) have not sufficiently takenshould take better account of the specific characteristics of the outermost regions;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to systematically produce impact assessments relating to the outermost regions as a priority before initiating any trade negotiations and to systematically adopt a policy of protecting the products of the outermost regions in trade agreements;