Activities of Arne GERICKE related to 2015/2226(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
How the CAP can improve job creation in rural areas (A8-0285/2016 - Eric Andrieu) DE
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on how the CAP can improve job creation in rural areas
Amendments (11)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the situation of mothers and a family-friendly employment environment on family farms are of particular social and economic importance;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the importance of rural development which is gender- and generation-friendly in order to make the countryside a more desirable place in which to live and work, and refers in this connection, for example, to the aspect of comprehensive obstetric care;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses the particular importance of voluntary initiatives, associations, networks and cooperatives of women for women in rural areas, as well as the need to promote them;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Stresses – inter alia with reference to women in farming, part-time working and teleworking – the importance of digital development in rural areas and the development of holistic concepts (the 'digital village');
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that intact, strong and cross-generational family structures are particularly essential on small family farms in order to guarantee the farms' survival;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that economic development in rural areas should also be seen in the context of their social and demographic development, and due account needs to be taken of action to support families and make it easier to combine family and professional life;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission, together with the Member States, to make adequate information material concerning support possibilities, and wide-ranging professional diversification advice, available specifically to women farmers and women in rural areas, and particularly to support mothers who are farm managers ('mompreneurs') by providing advice, so that these women are encouraged to put their own projects into practice in rural areas;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is aware of the special challenges with regard to compatibility of family life and work on farms; calls for special attention to be devoted to adequate child care on the spot, in rural regions themselves, and for it to be supported by a Europe-wide exchange of best practices (for example networks of child minders, municipal child day care centres in villages, and kindergartens close to nature);
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that action to support the demographic development and family- friendly nature of rural areas is already a CAP objective and it should be given more prominence, also in connection with issues relating to the labour market;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for better account to be taken of the situation of women and mothers in rural areas, including in a job-related context, for their work in raising children to be recognised and for the development of flexible and appropriate childcare options (e.g. childminders) to be supported in rural areas, including through the CAP;