16 Amendments of Bronis ROPĖ related to 2023/0264(BUD)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets the significant cuts to important budget lines such as the school scheme (decrease by 12,2% compared to 2021) and the young farmers programme (16,9 % compared to 2021), and calls for a boosting of these programmes instead;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the role that agriculture should plays in achieving the Union objectives of food security, sustainable growth, social inclusion, and combpreservation of biodiversity, as well as adapting to and mitigating climate change;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Takes note of the Commission estimates based on the ex-ante methodology that the total climate financing in the EU budget will reach EUR 58.134 million, representing a share of 31,9% ; looks forward to the Commission presenting in 2023 a methodology for tracking climate related expenditure which are effect-based (looking at CO2 impact) to complement the intention-based on based on EU climate coefficients; Calls for further work to differentiate between differentiating between climate mitigation and adaptation, as set out in the IIA;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Regrets that the Commission has not published the methodology for ex-ante tagging expenditure contributing to halting and reversing biodiversity loss, despite the fact that the IIA states this needs to be done "on the basis of an effective, transparent and comprehensive methodology"; takes note of the Commission estimating that biodiversity spending is to reach EUR 14.376 million in 2024, representing a share of 7,9% in the EU budget - which is also higher than the target of 7,5% for expenditure contributing to halting and reversing the decline of biodiversity as set out in the IIA; is furthermore concerned the Commission underlines that the 10% target in 2026 and 2027 will most likely not be reached and proposes no avenue towards reaching the agreed targets; therefore underlines that further efforts must be made especially in relation to the CAP strategic plans to ensure that biodiversity spending target set for the years 2026 and 2027 are met; highlights that the biodiversity financing gap over the period from 2021 to 2030 is around EUR 18,69 billion per year and should be remedied as soon as possible;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Stresses the need to ensure consistency between climate and biodiversity funding and calls on the Commission to publish the amounts and shares of expenditure that will contribute to both targets per programme when presenting the draft budget; recalls that the do-no-significant-harm principle is mainstreamed in all Union activities through the budgetary implementation as agreed in the IIA and stresses therefore the urgent need to ensure the respect of the ‘Do No Significant Harm’ principle through the entire budget in all the 6 dimensions and to take necessary corrective measures if and when needed without undue delay;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Requests that, with a view to the revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework and the preparation of a multiannual financial framework for the next programming period, the Commission shall conduct an assessment of additional funds needed to support Member States in implementing nature restoration measures; furthermore calls on the Commission to identify, on the basis of this assessment, the existing potential solutions and to propose the setting up of a permanent and dedicated restoration fund;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out the negative effects of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine on food security, since Russia’s war against Ukraine has seriously affected prices of resources necessary for agricultural production and increased speculation on the agricultural commodities markets;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that part of the Ukrainian grain for export is remaining on the EU market, which leads to significant losses for farmers in some member states; calls on the Commission to increase the financial allocations for these countries in order to install additional storage capacity in ports and to support the local infrastructure, with view to ensuring the transit of Ukrainian grain to their final destination;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that a fair, non- discriminatory distribution of direct payments is needed in order to ensure the balanced development of agriculture, rural areas, and environmental protection across the EU; calls on the Commission and the Member States immediate actions towards equitable convergence;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is committed to ensuring that generational renewal must remain a high priority in the future CAP programming period; calls for theimmediate actions to strengthening of the support measures for young farmers and for the improvement of; highlight the necessity to improve their access to land and credit;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Welcomes that the Commission has further developed a methodology to track gender equality-related spending in the 2021-2027 MFF, which looks at policy design and resource allocation and in particular the presentation of an ex-post gender impact assessment on a more granular level and reporting on volumes; calls on the Commission to assess holistically gender impact and facilitate that all the relevant data is available for the tracking;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to allocate budget resources to design and implement measures to fight gender gaps; notes the crucial need for providing women entrepreneurs in rural areas with an enabling environment, including legal and political considerations, leading to greater access to information, knowledge and skills, as well as facilitating access to financial resources, leading to the creation of more jobs in rural areas;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the importance of redistributive income support mechanisms in supporting smaller and medium-sized farms; calls to focus on projects that promote and enhance the safeguarding of existing jobs in the agriculture sector and the creation of quality jobs with adequate rights and stable and fair pay and decent working conditions, as well as effectively and decisively combating poverty and social exclusion in rural areas;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Highlights the central role played by Community Led Local Development initiatives in keeping and restoring living and thriving local rural economies, and the need to keep a sufficient level of funding for LEADER; Calls on the Member states to make full use of LEADER's capacities;