9 Amendments of Ulrike MÜLLER related to 2017/2030(INI)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas knowledge often exists but is not used in policy-making or transferred to the parties responsible for implementation; whereas this is often due to a lack of political will and competing interests which are not perceived to be consistent with the EAP or environmental policy goals in general;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas incoherence between other high-level EU policy instruments and the EAP is urendermining more difficult the achievement of the programme’s objectives;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned that specialised knowledge is not always fully usas well as scientific consensus is not always appropriately considered in policy-making or transferred to the parties responsible for implementation; highlights the examples of bioenergy, plant protection, endocrine disrupters and food production as areas where scientific evidence of risks to human health and the environment has been sidelinedlately been alarmingly sidelined in public and political debates; believes that broad scientific consensus as best available knowledge should guide responsible political decision making;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that coherence with other high-level EU policy instruments is fundamental to achieving the objectives of the 7th EAP; stresses, however, that long- term sustainable policy can only be achieved if that coherence is forged between high-level political priorities as equals, aiming to balance target conflicts;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises that the common agricultural policy (CAP) presents challenges to the achievement of the EAP’s objectives, particularly as regards resource- intensive production and biodiversity; acknowledges that measures such as the greening instruments are already in place and that efforts have already been made by the farming sector; stresses that further initiatives need to consider agriculture and farmers as a part of the solution;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Welcomes the new approach as outlined in the latest Commission’s Communication on the Future of Food and Farming of 29 November 2017 (COM(2017)0713), which shifts towards more result driven environmental measures that allow Member States to respond more accurately to regional differences;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines that protecting and enhancing food security in the long term by preventing environmental damage should be a key priority of the CAPis a key priority of the CAP; highlights that this can only be achieved by a sustainable management of natural resources;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that in the context of climate change and a growing world population, the rising demand for diets rich in animal protein is exerting significant environmental pressures on agricultural land and increasingly fragile ecosystems and thus on the agricultural sector as well; therefore encourages the Commission and Member States to facilitate and to support research in the adaption of current livestock farming practices and innovative approaches to the supply of animal protein; underlines that diets with excessive amounts of animal fat are increasingly linked to the non- communicable disease burden;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Urges further reform of the CAP to incentivise a food production system which is better aligned withConsiders the upcoming reform of the CAP as a starting point to better align food production and environmental needpolicy targets and whichto safeguards food security now and in the future; calls for smart farming systems and agricultural produce with low environmental impact and/or which provide environmental services not currently supplied by the market (e.g. protection of freshwater supplies and soil, natural flood defences and natural pollination) to be rewarded under a reformed CAP;