8 Amendments of Rosa D'AMATO related to 2016/2245(INI)
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas non-urbanised areas in the European Union are home to 113 million people, 12 million farms and 172 million hectares of agricultural land. and contribute widely to European economies, cultures and ecosystems;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses the need to promote and support small and medium-sized mountain and rural farms which, by using traditional techniques and production methods that exploit natural resources – such as pastures and different types of forage crops – in an integrated and sustainable manner, produce products with specific quality characteristics and could contribute to inverting or decreasing the depopulation in these areas;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. notes with concern that regions where the sharp decline in working-age population is coupled with a relatively low educational attainment will be particularly hardly hit by demographic challenges;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. stresses that demographic changes can have a strong impact on environmental sustainability, as both depopulation of rural areas and the increasing urbanization affect eco- systems, nature conservation and the use of natural resources, with particular implications for urban land use, infrastructure, housing markets and greenery;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that the European Social Fund can improve employment prospects in declining regions and serve to stem trends of out-migration; in consideration of the pivotal role of the European Social Fund in dealing with social exclusion and poverty, asks the European Commission to not reduce its budgetary allocation in the post-2020 framework;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Regrets that, as highlighted by the European Court of Auditors Special Report No 5/2017, the EU Youth Guarantee, which should be aimed to help young people without jobs, training or education, has made limited progress, and its results fall short of initial expectations;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Invites the Commission to consider the establishment of new criteria that could pinpoint the territories facing demographic challenges ; considers that GDP and population density are not sufficient indicators in this regard and notes that other indicators across three broad dimensions of social progress- Basic Human Needs, Foundations of Wellbeing, and Opportunity- would allow for a better understanding of the economic and social challenges all over Europe;