Activities of Miguel VIEGAS related to 2015/2279(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Cohesion policy in mountainous regions of the EU (A8-0074/2016 - Iliana Iotova) PT
Amendments (17)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the role and contribution of women are of fundamental importance in maintaining mountainous regions;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas it is essential to secure agricultural and food production and maintain added value in these regions; whereas there is a need for access to land so as to maintain production;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas public services are of fundamental importance in maintaining the population of and activity in mountainous regions;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes it necessary to protect farmland, according priority to farming above all other activities;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to include specific measures for mountainous regions in all policies;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Investments, competitiveness and economic diversification
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that measures under the second pillar of the CAP must ensure the sustainability and diversification of agricultural production in mountain areas by supporting the emergence of projects that create added value, innovation projects, agricultural investment projects and farm development projects and projects to maintain processing enterprises and to support the sale of farming produce in short supply chains and local markets; stresses that these funds should be used as tools to boost the competitiveness of the regional agricultural sector and / or as a means of allowing the economic diversification of farms;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to introduce specific aid for small-scale farms;
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls on the Commission to introduce specific measures to help people over the maximum age to be considered young farmers to return to mountainous regions as farmers;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Calls on the Commission to draw up affirmative action policies to encourage women to settle in farmland in mountainous regions and to participate in the projects listed in paragraph 6;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Calls on the Commission to draw up affirmative action policies to facilitate and promote women's involvement in all areas of decision-making under equal conditions;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7f. Calls on the Commission to draw up measures to ensure that family farms are owned by both members of couples;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 g (new)
Paragraph 7 g (new)
7g. Calls on the Commission to safeguard free, high-quality public education and healthcare as well as public social services;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 h (new)
Paragraph 7 h (new)
7h. Calls on the Commission to act as guarantor for the maintenance, restoration and improvement of public services to support the development of farms;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 i (new)
Paragraph 7 i (new)
7i. Calls on the Commission to guarantee public transport and public postal services in mountainous regions;
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of establishing producer groups orfarmers' organisations to strengthen the bargaining power of farmers in the food chain and in drawing up policy proposals on mountainous regions;
Amendment 140 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to introduce health and hygiene rules suitable for small-scale farms;