5 Amendments of Michela GIUFFRIDA related to 2017/2117(INI)
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Commends the Commission on its intention to set up a dedicated budget line for those products in the next promotion campaigns co-financed by the Union, and advocates the need to include wool among the beneficiary productwelcomes it together with the other information activities initiated by the Commission in the CAP field, and advocates the need to include wool among the beneficiary products in order to fully exploit the project in terms of acceptance and implementation for end users;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes it necessary to offer greater support to young people, via both direct aid and rural development policy, given the high average age of workers in the livestock-raising sectors, exceeding even that in other agricultural professions due to the scant profitability of the latter;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the agreement reached in negotiations for the Omnibus regulation recognising the specific nature of Mediterranean grasslands, such as dehesa pasturelands, with a view to finding fairer arrangements governing the land eligible for direct payments since for years the sector has suffered from competition for land use and the abandonment of pastures in favour of the cultivation of durum wheat and other cereals, especially in the south of the EU; advocates authorising grazing in areas of ecological interest;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Asks the Commission to ascertain what the post-Brexit sheepmeat market will look like, and to do everything in its power to prevent severe market disturbances resulting from potential cuts in spending on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) proposed by the Commission in the reflection paper on the future of EU finances;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for consideration to be given to the precarious situation of sheep and goat farmers when entering into further trade agreements with third countries by including their products among sensitive sectors, and excluding any provisions that might compromise the European model of production in any way; in this respect, welcoming the Commission’s simplification efforts, hopes that further progress will be made in view of the forthcoming reform of the CAP;