Activities of Tibor SZANYI related to 2017/2052(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The next MFF: Preparing the Parliament’s position on the MFF post-2020 (A8-0048/2018 - Jan Olbrycht, Isabelle Thomas) HU
Amendments (10)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the common agricultural policy (CAP) is fundamental for food security, the preservation of rural populations and sustainable development; regrets that the CAP, which once accounted for 75 % of the EU budget is now only 38 % as laid down in the current multiannual financial framework (MFF), whileespecially in light of the fact that food requirements have increased, as has the need to develop environmentally friendly farming practices and to mitigate the effects of climate change; notes that the proposed CAP budget risks endangering territorial cohesion of the EU as the revised budget is considerably lower; urges the Commission to increase, or at least to maintain at its current level, the CAP budget post-2020;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to continue defending farmers and protecting their interests, and to fund information campaigns on the CAP budget since the amount of aid publicised can be misleading, especially given that the public is unaware of the fact that the bulk of the CAP is financed at EU level and replaces national spending; stresses that the CAP delivers good quality products at affordable prices to Europeans and that this can only be continued if we maintain or increase the level of the CAP budget;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights that farm subsidies, whilst only accounting for an insignificant amount in relation to the Member State’s total GDP, are essential to ensuring continuity in farming and security of income for farmers;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Reiterates that the CAP is essential to helping to reduce farm income volatility as well as helping young farmers to enter the farming sector and make their farms profitable, consequently creating direct and indirect employment in the sector;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Notes that income volatility resulting from the volatility of prices due to the worsening conditions in the agriculture sector needs to be managed especially as the costs of production are increasing; highlights that the CAP deals insufficiently with the instability of farming incomes and agricultural markets, and that the decrease in the CAP budget is likely to further aggravate this issue, thereby affecting the most vulnerable sectors in the industry;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to keep direct payments intact as they help to avoid distortions of competition between Member States, and to maintain them without any national co-financing as this could lead to the emergence of different CAPs amongst Member States, and a distortion of competition within the internal market; ; urges the Commission to continue the process of convergence of direct payments between Member States;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for continued support for those most in need, including family farms and small and medium-sized farms, as well as the most disadvantaged, mountain and outermost regions; notes that incentivising future farming by having a decent budget for the CAP in the future and having a positive differentiation for the most vulnerable areas is crucial to the agriculture sector; calls on the Commission to envisage increasing the envelope for programmes of options specific to isolation and insularity (POSEI), as called for by Parliament;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for continued renewed support for those most in need, including family farms and small and medium-sized farms, as well as the most disadvantaged, mountain and outermost regions; calls on the Commission to envisage increasing the envelope for programmes of options specific to isolation and insularity (POSEI), as called for by Parliament;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to ensure the necessary financial and legal framework for the food supply chain, in order to combat unfair trading practices and ensure a certain level of transparency and certainty for farmers which will enable them to make well-informed decisions that will not only benefit the farmers themselves, but also consumers;
Amendment 130 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that the duration of the next MFF should be as long as possible (at least seven years), in order to ensure the predictability and stability of CAP funding for the future, especially given the importance of the security of food supply and the increased instability in the sector.