Activities of Gilles LEBRETON related to 2021/2208(INI)
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Amendments (14)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that a policy on ensuring food security in developing countries must mirror the founding principles of the common agricultural policy, in that its primary goal must be to provideshould have as its primary goal the provision of affordable safe food for its citizens while affording a fair standard of living for its farmers;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that agriculture and food security are the foundation blocks for broader economic development, and insists that agricultural development must support self-sufficient agricultural production systems and food sovereignty in developing countries, as should be the case for Europe;
Amendment 28 #
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Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out the need for clear guidelines on how to achieve policy coherence for development at EU level while also addressing potentially conflicting economic and policy objectives; highlights the need to advance the EU’s interests;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls the importance of systematically assessing the effects of new policies on developing countries in order to ensure that they are effective and achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages increased consistency between EU development and trade policies to support the global transition to sustainable agrifood systems without penalising European farmers;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points out that in many countries with high rates of poverty and high numbers of people without food security, large areas of land are controlled by multinational corporations that use the land to produce agricultural products exported to the EU at dumped prices;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Points to the widespread corruption of government authorities in many developing countries, and the abuses committed by law enforcement agencies and the army to drive indigenous farmers off the land for the purpose of selling it to multinational corporations;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Recalls that many developing countries have considerably less stringent or no rules on the use of GMOs, pesticides and the misuse of hormone preparations for growth promotion in farm animals, and that multinational corporations exploit this difference in regulation to produce unsafe food that they import into the EU;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Cautions against further liberalisation of international trade in food products through World Trade Organisation agreements and bilateral or multilateral agreements involving the EU;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Calls on the Commission not to negotiate at the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference an agreement that includes a commitment to liberalise trade in agricultural and food products;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 f (new)
Paragraph 8 f (new)
8f. Calls on the Commission not to negotiate any other trade agreements, including any commitment to open up further the EU single market to imports of food and agricultural commodities from third countries;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 g (new)
Paragraph 8 g (new)
8g. Calls on the Commission to withdraw its signature from the EU- Mercosur Trade Agreement;