7 Amendments of Ilda FIGUEIREDO related to 2008/2055(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes the view that the consecutive under-utilisation of agricultural policy headings is largely due to the wrong directions taken by successive reforms of the CAP; calls, therefore, for the remaining CAP funds to be maintained and used for this same policy, giving priority to their redistribution to small and medium-sized farmers and the least- favoured regions;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Considers it unacceptable to limit the EU budget to less than 1% of GNI, while the way in which the debate within the Commission swings between upholding the own-resources limit and reducing it is a cause for concern and, with regard to agriculture, will not make it possible to tackle the challenges that have become urgent as a result of the food crisis, such as national food sovereignty;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Considers it vital to carry out a reassessment of financial requirements for the period 2007-2013, in such a way as to ensure economic and social cohesion and a type of agriculture that responds to the needs of an enlarged Europe, which implies an increase in the own-resources limit;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that, as a result, new priorities within the current financial framework can only be funded by fresh funds or through a reprioritisation within existing programmes and levels of expenditure; stresses, therefore, the increased need to ensure sufficient margins under different categories of the initial budget figures in order to leave room for Parliament's priorities;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. PoMaints out that the objectives of the CAP remain unchanged undains that a different agricultural policy is needed, whose principle would be each country's right to food sovereignty and food security, and that the constraints that have led small and medium-sized farmers the Lisbon Treaty: increasing agricultural productivity, ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, stabilising markets, ensuring the availability of supplies and ensuring that supplies reach consumers at reasonable prices; o give up producing need to be resolved, which requires that: - agriculture should be taken out of the WTO, and agri-food production should no longer be treated as a vulgar commodity; - the single payment scheme decoupled from support for production should be brought to an end; - the appropriations available in the Community budget should be increased and direct aid should be more fairly distributed, through the introduction of a ceiling on aid and increased modulation at Community level, taking account of the structures and size of farms and the number of people employed, with a view to redistribution to those farmers and countries who receive less aid from the CAP;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Warns against the threats posed by aOpposes the possible introduction of co-financing for the first pillar and the renationalisation of the costs of the CAP, since its compulsory character can most likely not be guaranteed if one of the national parliaments, is unwilling to authorise the funds for national co-financing, resulting in considerable distortion of competition and a de-facto dismantling of the CAP, as mentioned in the letter of the European Commission of 9 June 2008on equal terms by all the Member States.