Activities of Michèle STRIFFLER related to 2010/2100(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on an EU policy framework to assist developing countries in addressing food security challenges PDF (267 KB) DOC (159 KB)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas food prices have risen steadily since August 2010over the last ten years; whereas the volatility of commodity prices is impacting greatly on low income countries and on the most vulnerable populations,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EU has responded quickly to the 2008 food crisis through the creation of the Food Facility; whereas the impact of such measures on the structural causes of hunger and food insecurity and on small and medium-sized family farms, particularly those run by women, has been difficult to measure,
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of strengthening the link between relief, rehabilitation and development; calls for more resources to be deployed in order to ensure the continuity of aid and for the debate to focus on the flexibility and complementarity of existing financial instruments; advocates enhanced dialogue and coordination between humanitarian organisations and development agencies;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Agrees that EU assistance programmes should focus on sustainable small-scale food production and that priority should be given to ‘ecologically-efficient’ approaches that strengthen biodiversity, prevent the degradation of fertile land, and promote agro- ecological and low-external-input (LEI) practices, and excludes GMOs;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that access to adequate food is a universal human right; urges partner countries to implement the FAO voluntary guidelines on the right to food; calls on the EU and partner countries to establish monitoring mechanisms that ensure the effective implementation of right to food policies;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls that the right to food has to take absolute precedence over energy security objectives; calls for the freezing of EU energy strategy targets until further impact assessments have been undertakenfood security should not be jeopardised by energy security objectives;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for the complete phasing-out of export subsidies as well as for the removal of all other incentives in the CAP which result in trade-distorting measures;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Recalls that food security requires coherence and coordination of the various sectoral policies at EU level, namely development policy, the CAP, the common trade policy, energy policy and research programmes;