8 Amendments of Elsi KATAINEN related to 2018/2024(BUD)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the important role that both agriculture and rural development play in achieving Community objectives in the fields of food security, forestry, sustainable economic growth, job creation, territorial and environmental balance, animal welfare and combating climate change;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the European Commission to install compensations for the losses of the past for those affected by the embargo imposed by Russia;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Questions once more the value of the current crisis reserve and financial discipline mechanism, which in the case of the 2019 budget will again simply create an administrative burden, and hence urges; notes that European agriculture has increasingly been exposed to crisis in recent years; urges therefore to the Commission to look into introducing a multiannual reserve that is decoupled from direct payments and that deals with overheating markets and severe crisis such as one of the dairy sector;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Takes note of reports on cohesion policy in the Union, that reoccuringly points out shortcomings in efficiency and results;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Member States to strengthen support measures for young farmers in 2019, given the lack of to enhance generational renewal in farming, which is currently European agriculture’s main pitfalremains at low level.
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the importance to invest in new technologies and innovations in order to make European farming more competitive and environmentally sustainable; in this regard calls on the Commission to design an agricultural budget particularly focus on farmer’s needs and policy goals with a higher uptake of smart and innovative practices that assure the viability of EU farming in the long-term;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Underlines that in times of rapid technologic development – such as AI – the divide between fast developing regions and lagging ones, might widen if the impact of the structural funds are not enhanced by conditionalities of efficiency;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Notes that some measures related to the Russian ban and included in the 2018 budget will not be extended (e.g. for fruit and vegetables where the market situation is still difficult), while market difficulties can still be found in the dairy sector; awaits the Commission’s letter of amendment, expected in October, which should be based on updated information on EAGF funding in order to verify the real needs in the agricultural sector; underlines that cases where market intervention is needed under the EAGF remain limited and represent only a relatively small part of the EAGF (around 5.9 %);