21 Amendments of João FERREIRA related to 2020/0000(BUD)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes the view that the EU budget must be increased, with greater emphasis on its redistributive function with support for effective economic and social convergence between the Member States – through deployment of structural and, investment funding – and support for the productive sectors and employment with rights, to ensure the Union’s social and economic cohesion;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the effects of policies and mechanisms established in EU law that require cuts to the state’s social function, the compression of public investment, the liberalisation and privatisation of strategic sectors, leading to the weakening of the weakest economies’ productive apparatus, are now painfully visible; considers that it now clear for all to see that these policies have left the Member States less prepared and less protected when dealing with the consequences of any crisis and in serious difficulties in addressing the much- needed ecological transition;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for a substantial increase in appropriations under economic, social and territorial cohesion headings, in order to comply fully with the redistributive principle; adds that this is the only way the Union can ensure Member States have the necessary resources to invest in the ecological transition;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes the view that, in order to meet the objectives laid down in the programmes set out in the European Green Deal, the Union must ensure that the Member States have the necessary resources to invest in the ecological transition of their production apparatus and of their agriculture, environment and mobility policies;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recalls that the new funding proposed as part of the European Green Deal must enable the geographical spread of investments (from agricultural and industrial areas to energy generation hubs), ensuring territorial cohesion and balanced land use, avoiding divergence between Member States and promoting convergence;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Points out that the European Green Deal can only be financed if the EU’s budget is increased in a manner commensurate with the stated aims of its programmes – affording in particular greater funding for safeguarding biodiversity and protecting indigenous species – while ensuring an equitable distribution of monies between the Member States;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls for an increase in support for the Life+ programme, including dedicated envelopes for biodiversity and the management of the Natura 2000 network, and measures to ensure the fair distribution of funding among the Member States; urges in addition that support be provided for ecological and plant health assessments in forests and their rehabilitation, specifically reforestation with native species, especially in those countries that have suffered the greatest fire damage;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Advocates greater EU accountability in safeguarding natural values in the Natura 2000 network, particularly with regard to its financing; notes the difficulties experienced by several Member States concerning management of the Natura 2000 network owing to lack of a specific financial instrument for such management, which would complement the inclusion of biodiversity in sectoral policies;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that the procedures for mobilising the EU’s Solidarity Fund should be as rapid as possible, natural disasters in the EU’s regions should remain eligible for aid, and the specific nature of natural disasters in the Mediterranean area, such as drought and forest fires, should be recognised;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Takes the view that appropriations should be included for the promotion and fostering of research in public laboratories, research institutions and universities on the environment, public health and food safety;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Since the Member States are currently suffering economic and social fall-out of the COVID-19 pandemic, calls for the cohesion policy instruments to be strengthened and greater flexibility to be afforded in the EU budgetary process;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Takes the view that the loss of EU Member State sovereignty and independence in the medicines and health equipment sector and with regard to raw materials is linked to deindustrialisation and the relocation of production by the pharmaceuticals giants;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Points out that in its prerequisites for health, as fundamental conditions and resources, the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion includes peace, shelter, education, food, income, a stable ecosystem, sustainable resources, social justice and equity, and that improvement in health requires a secure foundation in these basic prerequisites. Stresses that the EU’s resources should be used to fulfil these prerequisites so that public health in the Member States can be protected properly.
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Points out that, that while public health policies are a Member State matter, the EU can and must, nonetheless, support national measures to guarantee affordable and high-quality health services for citizens; stresses the need for Member States to step up their sovereignty and independence with regard to health care and ensure their supply of medicines and medical equipment;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Calls for an increase in funding earmarked for the special contribution for orphan medical products, in line with its aim of providing incentives for the development of medicines for rare diseases; argues that sufferers of these diseases deserve these medicines and the same quality of care as other patients, and that their reduced number cannot justify a refusal by the pharmaceutical industry to invest in the research and development of medicines to treat them;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6g. Observes that the aggressive expansion of industrial food production has given rise to increasingly serious risks to human health; the excessive use of chemicals (fertilisers, pesticides and antibiotics) and the over-processing of food has made the food available to people less nutritious and more harmful, and has also caused a considerable rise in zoonotic diseases;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6h. Considers that the best defence against any economic shock is to achieve/guarantee food sovereignty for Member States, with due account for people’s overriding clear and present need for healthy, nutritious and adequate food grown near where they live;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)
Paragraph 6 i (new)
6i. Takes the view that without an EU budget large enough to meet its requirements, as well as consistency between the Union’s agricultural, food, trade, economic and competition policies, the results of the ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy will remain very limited;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 j (new)
Paragraph 6 j (new)
6j. Calls for specific agricultural programmes to be strengthened and to promote sustainable agriculture, which necessitates, on the one hand, short supply chains, fair prices for producers and stable and acceptable earnings for farmers and, on the other, a fair redistribution of payments between countries, types of production and producers, eliminating current disparities and benefiting Member States with the largest production shortfalls, as well as small and medium-sized producers, and to budget the initial amount of the agricultural reserve;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 k (new)
Paragraph 6 k (new)
6k. Advocates a CAP that supports local agro-ecological production by small- scale farms that respects food produce and coexists with the natural environment, without using harmful pesticides and chemical fertilisers; calls for the EU budget to provide funding lines and instruments to assist in the development of policies intended to minimise the impact of herbicides, particularly on pollinators, and to consolidate and promote conservation and integrated agricultural production methods;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 l (new)
Paragraph 6 l (new)
6l. Stresses that the Commission’s recently presented Biodiversity and Farm to Fork strategies aim, respectively, to ‘bring nature back into our lives’ and ensure a ‘a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system’; rejects any cuts to the any specific programme for agriculture; calls for these programmes to be strengthened and to promote sustainable agriculture in all Member States and, on the one hand, short supply chains, fair prices for producers, stable and acceptable earnings for farmers and, on the other, a fair redistribution of payments between countries, types of production and producers, eliminating current disparities and benefiting Member States with the largest production shortfalls, as well as small and medium-sized producers;