12 Amendments of Daniel BUDA related to 2015/2226(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication on employment in rural areas: closing the jobs gap (COM (2006)857),
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas rural areas face a series of challenges such as: low income, negative population growth, a lack of jobs and a high rate of unemployment, slow development in the tertiary sector, a lack of processing capacity for food products, low skills and limited capital;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, in the face of the current economic crisis, the European Union has made jobs – in particular via the Juncker plan – one of its key priorities, and whereas, in that connection, the legitimacy of the CAP must be reaffirmed so that it can be used as one of the principal tools for EU action as regards jobimed at boosting employment and competitiveness in rural areas;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in order to take on the numerous challenges that European agriculture is facing (relating to food, the environment, energy, the climate, etc.in terms of agricultural productivity and biodiversity), it is vital to come up with a ‘new social contract’ for agriculture that encourages us to rethink the objectives of a genuine public policy that is in everybody’s interests;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas experience on the ground shows that other kinds of agricultural development are possible, providing better results in terms of food quality and agronomic, environmental and economic performance, and that small and medium- sized farms that are generally more diversified, more innovative and highly flexible, being better organised in terms of forming associations involving group agriculture, are more inclined to be resilient in times of crisis and adapt more easily to the effects of a crisis;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the future of rural areas does not depend exclusively on the development of the agricultural sector but is also linked to the rest of the economy, through the combination of agricultural activities with rural tourism and the development of integrated production capacities, and whereas there is a need to put in place a genuine territorial system, seeking synergies between all activities and allowing for collective and cross-sector approaches;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the Member States have made extensive use of the option of granting coupled aid – which anchors jobs in disadvantaged areas – and calls on the Member States to increase the proportion of such aid; insists on the productivity factor as one of the criteria for granting direct aid;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the market measures and exceptional crisis measures provided for under the Single CMO must be implemented much more swiftly and proactively so as to limit the negative effects that falling prices have on income; points out that the implementation of exceptional crisis measures has not fully achieved its objectives and it should take greater account of Member States’ existing infrastructure and capacities;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends that the Member States should make more extensive use of the priority area concerning job creation within priority 6 of the second pillar, and of the measures concerning knowledge transfer and vocational and continuing training; calls on the Commission and Member States to grant support for training programmes aimed at the beneficiaries of CAP funding;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States and their regions to shift the focus of their rural policy to job creation, and calls on the Commission to assist them in achieving that objective; highlights the adaptation of sharing economy models in rural areas with a view to boosting employment, making agricultural activities more efficient and reducing costs;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Draws attention to the threat of land grabbing, with serious consequences for agricultural productivity and jobs in rural areas, and calls on the competent authorities to take action to counteract this phenomenon;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Emphasises the linearity of direct aid in the future CAP with a view to reducing the competitiveness gap among farmers;