Activities of Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK related to 2023/0264(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024 - all sections
Amendments (5)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls the effects on the food supply chain, fuel costs and price volatility caused by Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, as well as its impacts on EU fishing activities and the livelihoods of fishers, especially in the Black Sea;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to promote synergies between Member States’ services and local actors, including fishers, to properly tackle the challenges related to competition for maritime space with a view to ensuring the harmonious coexistence of different maritime activities, without driving out especially fishing activities;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Insists that special attention must be devoted to the renewal of small-scale fishing fleets in order to improve safety, on-board living conditions, energy efficiency and environmental sustainability while ensuring the social and economic resilience of the communities that depend on them; reiterates that fleet renewal can contribute to making the fishery sector more attractive and sustainable and must not be confused with fleet expansion or increased fishing capacity;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to propose further actions to increase the global share of sustainable EU aquaculture production, which contributes to the supply of aquatic protein of high quality and with a low carbon footprint ; calls on the Commission to make full use of the financial resources available for the EMFAF in order to boost the growth of this sector’s share of global aquaculture production above its current 2 % by means of specific, acceptable and shared targets for 2030; urges Member States to earmark sufficient funding from the Recovery and Resilience Facility to support the innovation, sustainability and resilience of, including against predators, of the EU aquaculture sector;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Insists on the need to improve scientific and technical knowledge in order to ensure the development and use of the most reliable research-based solutions; reiterates the importance of guaranteeing sufficient financial resources for Member States’ and European scientific entities so that they can collect, manage, analyse, use and exchange fisheries sector data and invest in research on innovative, and more selective fishing techniques with technology-openness;