13 Amendments of Silvia COSTA related to 2015/2226(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital D (new)
Recital D (new)
D. whereas the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) provides medium-term assistance in housing, health care, education and employment in rural areas with a view to marginalised communities; whereas it can take into account the specific needs of refugees and be used for vocational training and skills acquisition actions in the different sectors of activity in rural areas;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital E (new)
Recital E (new)
E. whereas the potential of women working and/or with a business in agricultural and rural areas should be analysed, recorded and promoted in all EU policies, without being penalised by some of them as this will lay the groundwork for women to become drivers of development and innovation, helping the entire sector to emerge from the crisis; whereas women should be involved in sector development plans at local and regional level in order to take advantage of their needs, experiences and visions, and therefore they need to be equipped with the skills needed to actively participate in their design;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital F (new)
Recital F (new)
F. whereas demographic changes such as an ageing population and migration flows could be an important factor for the development of the mountainous rural areas or disadvantaged rural areas, which are subject to the depopulation or population ageing;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the centralityimportance of agriculture tofor social and territorial cohesion owing to its role in economic growth and diversification, and in fixkeeping populations in rural areas; stresses the need to strengthen the CAP budget and to ensure social fairness in its implementationlso foreseeing a mechanism to support micro and small farms, in order to foster a reliable development policy in rural areas, taking into account all the stakeholders, and to ensure the social fairness in implementing the above mentioned budget; highlights the strong connection between rural systems, small communities and municipalities that benefit from CAP instruments and therefore calls for a better synergy between Cohesion Policy's instruments and the CAP;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. RBelieves that the sharp crisis over the last years has showed that the lack in market regulations is at the bottom of price instability, especially of farming commodities, and job losses; regrets the strong market orientation of the EU’'s agricultural policies and its negative effect on rural incomes and employment, as evidencproved by the liberalisation of the dairy sector; condemns the negative impact on agricultural labour of free trade agreements such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; siders that EU should be provided with adequate operational tools in order to limit the volatility of farm gate milk prices; with respect to dairy production in mountainous areas, calls for a convergence of compensation payments for natural handicap in order to limit the reduction or abandonment of diary activities in the so-called sensitive or disadvantaged regions; shares the concerns about the negative impact of free trade agreements on agricultural workforce;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to transpose in the national legislation the Directive 2014/36/EU on seasonal workers; calls on the Member States to ensure the correct application of the above-mentioned Directive and calls on the Commission to carry out a report on the state of play of its implementation by September 2019; calls on the Commission to analyse the scope of illegal hiring systems in the EU through investigations, surveys and statistical data, especially in those European regions where undeclared work and farming work exploitation are more widespread; stresses the need to put in place effective instruments, including adequate inspections and controls, to guarantee decent work and living conditions of seasonal workers in all the EU regions, especially where this phenomena is more relevant, and stresses the need to ensure the respect of employment rights, labour standards and high quality working conditions in general;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for a stronger role for social partners in the development and implementation of agricultural policy in order to create quality jobs, ensure adequate health and safety conditions and foster the social integration of rural workers, in particularnotably migrant workers and refugees;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the need to promote active measures and policies highlighting the positive role of migration in boosting economic growth and fostering social cohesion in rural areas;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of training and skill formation forquality vocational training and of the acquisition of entrepreneurial skills by farmers and agricultural workers, particularly for young people entering the workforce and in order to be able to adapt to changes in agriculture and food production; stresses therefore the importance of making employment opportunities in rural areas more attractive for young people, to adapt them to the conditions of global competition and to the specific needs of local businesses and to boost them through the ESF;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that the access to ICT infrastructures and broadband networks and training in digital skills are essential to increase and improve the participation of young people and the training of older generations in agricultural activities;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that improving access to land through instruments such as public landa better access to credit and instruments such as public development banks and local banks is key to agricultural employment;
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges that the gender gap in rural areas be addressed in order to improve women’'s labour conditions and access to land; considers that re-territorialisation, defined as the existing link between employment and production and a given territory, has not been adequately considered and stresses the need to consider agriculture as a profession, carried out by men and women connected to their own territories, which is crucial in order to maintain dynamic rural areas and bring back jobs;
Amendment 134 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the defence of the right to public services in rural areas against current neo-liberal policind small mountainous communities in order to maintain them dynamic, attractive and to keep existing jobs while creating new ones; supports the development of minimum income schemes to ensure social cohesion, given the high rate of poverty and social exclusion in rural areas.