16 Amendments of Cornelia ERNST related to 2009/2236(INI)
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that rural development is now constitutes an integral part of the CAP architecture, with its focus on rural communities, improving the environment,hich makes a particular contribution to furthering structural change in agriculture through modernising andation, restructuring agriculture and improving product marketing and competitivenessnd industrialisation, as well as helping to improve environmental performance and product marketing;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that food security remains the central challenge for EU and global agriculture as the world population is predicted to grow from 6 to 9 billion by 2050 and demand for food will double by 2050 according to the FAO (especially in emerging economies such as China or India);
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Affirms that Europe will have to make a substantial contribution to meeting that neemust contribute through its agricultural policy to promoting the development of agricultural systems in the world, in order to be able to meet growing world demand for food against a background of less land, less water and reduced energy inputs due to the impact of climate change, which will act as a serious constraint on European capacity to increase supplyand increasing water shortages;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that the global energy crisis and, increasing energy prices and growing speculation in agricultural raw materials will drive agricultural production costs up, leading to rising food prices and growing market price volatility for both farmers and consumers, which will have a detrimental effect on the stability of food supply and will seriously constrain the ability to maintain and increase current production levels;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises the importance of reinforcing the progress already made to preserve biodiversity and protect the environmentof achieving further improvements in environmental protection;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is of the opinion that a strong European Common Agricultural Policy is needed to ensure that EU farmers remain competitive on the world market against well subsidised trading partnerssafeguard agricultural production in Europe; believes that the EU cannot afford to rely on other parts of the world to provide for European food security in the context of climate change, political instability in certain regions of the world and potential outbreaks of diseases or other events potentially detrimental to production capacity;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recalls that EU agriculture remains a centraland forestry remain important sectors of the EU economy, making an important contribution to EU GDP and jobs both directly and indirectly, througogether with the multiplier effect on both the upstream and downstream food and drink industry market; believes, therefore, that a strongcompetitive EU agriculture is at the very heart of a successful export-led EU food and drink industryand forestry sector needs appropriate support;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that rural unemployment should be tackled by providing opportunities for regionalising production and marketing, for diversification, and by means of new income sources;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
Amendment 445 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Believes that agriculture has a leading role to play in tackling climate change by reducing GHG emissionsand avoiding GHG emissions (ban on ploughing grassland), increasing carbon sequestration capacity and developing and using more renewable energy sources; believes that climate considerations should be integrated across CAP measures where appropriate;
Amendment 457 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Considers that production efficiency is fundamental toscarce resources must be used efficiently for more sustainable management of scarce resources and that farmers should innovate by using the latest financial, scientific and technical tools to help meet the growing demand for foodneed for food and renewable raw materials in a more economically, socially and environmentally sustainable manner;
Amendment 512 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Recognises the wide range of new priorities for the CAP and notes that the new Member States'’ expectation when they joined the European Union was that CAP supportpayments would, over time, reach parity with old Member States; therefore calls for the CAP’s budget requirements post-2013, proportionate to the tasks to be undertaken, to be announced as soon as possible and for the 2013 CAP budget amount to be at least maintained post-2013 if the EU is to meet its current commitments and successfully deliver the new priorities;
Amendment 525 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45 a. Calls for the 2-pillar model of the CAP to be maintained: Pillar 1 for non- cofinanced direct aid as a guarantee for farmers earning substantial legitimacy through a commitment to additional environmental and social criteria, and Pillar 2 for the development of rural areas with additional job-creation programmes;
Amendment 566 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 – point 1
Paragraph 48 – point 1
(1) Believes that in order to reduce the disparities in the distribution of direct support funds between Member States, the hectare basis alone will not be sufficient and, therefore, calls for additional objective criteria such as a purchasing power coefficient to be ustied to achieve an overall balanced distributionthe support;
Amendment 651 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Believes that there should be a basic EU-funded direct area payment to all EU farmers in order to provide basic food security for European consumers, allow farmers to produce high-quality foowho are prepared, in addition to the existing rules on cross-compliance, to provide social and ecompetitively in relation to well subsidised trade partners (US), ensurlogical services; this would take thate faorming activity continues across of 10% of the EU land provide baseline public goods through cross-compliance requirements for Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions, as well as high quality and animal welfare standards; calls for an absolute requirement of minimum activity to be included in the cross-compliance rulof each individual holding being farmed as ecological priority land in an alternating manner or 5% of the land being maintained as micro-biotopes, and proportionality to be the key principle applied when enforcing the rules;up to 20% of the possible payments being tied to the existence of agricultural jobs.
Amendment 669 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57