10 Amendments of Matt CARTHY related to 2017/2052(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the common agricultural policy (CAP) is fundamental for food securityvital for the production of quality food, the preservation of rural populations and sustainable development; regrets that the CAP, which once accounted for 75 % of the EU budget is now only 38 % as laid down in the current multiannual financial framework (MFF), while food requirements have increased, as has budget is increasingly coming under threat due to rising appropriations for security and defence spending, while farming incomes have dropped significantly; notes the pressure on farmers dealing with ever unpredictable weather conditions brought about by climate change and the need to develop environmentally friendly farming practices and to mitigate the effects of climate change; urges the Commission to increase, or at least to maintain at its current level, the CAP budget post-2020;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to continue defending farmers and to fund information campaigns on the CAP budget since the amount of aid publicisboth in terms of securing a robust budgetary contribution, as well as protecting them from below cost selling by supermarkets and other retailers; notes the helpfulness of national campaigns that ed ucan be misleading, given that the public is unaware of the fact that the bulk of the CAP is financed at EU level and replaces national spendingte the non-farming sector on the importance of short supply chains that ensure farmers get a fair price for their product; regrets that while for many farmers CAP subsidies are the only thing standing between their business and indebtedness, extortionate, uncapped payments in some instances are contributing to a negative conception of what the scheme is intending to achieve; stresses that the CAP delivers good quality products at affordable prices to Europeans;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that in its Reflection paper on the Future of EU Finances1a, the European Commission acknowledges that one way to effectively ensure income for all farmers across the EU is to provide support particularly for marginal, poorer farmers, thus reducing the direct payments for large farms; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta -political/files/reflection-paper-eu- finances_en.pdf
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Calls on the Commission to conduct a study on the amount of money that would revert to the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) if direct payment caps of €150,000, €100,000 and €50,000 were applied across the EU;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that Brexit will have a projected impact of between EUR 3.8 and EUR 4.1 billion a year on the CAP, and calls therefore on the Commission to find alternative forms of financing, for example by increasing Member States’ contributions as a percentage of gross national income; stresses the need to increase funding in line with responses to the various cyclical crises in sensitive sectors such as milk, pork, fruits and vegetables, and to create instruments that can mitigate price volatility;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to keep direct payments intact as they help to avoid distortions of competition between Member States, and to maintain them without any national co-financing; urges the Commission to continue the process of both convergence of direct payments between Member States, as well as internal convergence within Member States and their regions;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Deplores the announcement of a € 5.5bn European Defence Fund on 7 June 2017, which is an insult to the millions of European farmers left waiting to hear their fate on the Brexit budgetary shortfall;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to ensure the necessary financial and legal framework for the food supply chain, in order to combat unfair trading practices; stresses that continued failure by the Commission to address this issue has contributed to practices such as below- cost selling and the resultant drop in farming incomes;
Amendment 131 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that the duration of the next MFF should be as long as possible (at least seven years), in order to ensure the predictability and stability of CAP funding, as well as increase the possibility for pilot programmes to succeed.