Activities of Eleftherios SYNADINOS related to 2015/2074(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
2016 Budget - Mandate for the trilogue (A8-0217/2015 - José Manuel Fernandes) EL
Amendments (4)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that agriculture and rural development deliver many EU objectives and are an important part of the overall EU budget for 2016; stresses that harmonisation and adequate funding for agricultural policy benefits not only European food consumers but also producers, ensuring them acceptable living standards; calls therefore for the agriculture budget to remain at least at its current level;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the cuts in funding for rural development under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in commitments and payments for the 2015 budget; points out that EAFRD projects – including the LEADER programmes – are a major driver of rural development, as they deliver wider benefits to the EU at large, in particular in generating growth, added value and jobs in rural areas; asks that careful consideration be given to the final level of commitment and payment appropriations in the 2016 budget; insists that particular attention should be paid to encouraging generational renewal in agriculture and supporting young famers, improving competitiveness in all individual farming sectors, encouraging innovative farming technologies, restoring, maintaining, and enhancing ecosystems and ensuring sustainable forest management;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for sufficient funds to be made available in order to implement all elements of the CAP reform, including as regards greening, transition to a low carbon emission economy resistant to climate change, arable and livestock farming risk management, biodiversity and rural development programmes;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Demands that funds allocated through the financial discipline mechanism to the crisis reserve in the agricultural sector of the 2016 budget and that remain unspent be made fully available as direct payments in the following budgetary year; requests that all available margins under heading 2 be reserved for the agriculture sector, particularly in view of the continuing Russian embargo, problems regarding compensatory allowances, market problems in the milk sector and significant health risks in the plant and animal sector;