18 Amendments of Rosanna CONTE related to 2022/2182(INI)
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the presence of young and new farmers ensures the preservation of rural areas and biodiversity;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that this is resulting in the young people of Europe showing less interest in occupations associated with agriculture and stock breeding;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Points out that this financial insecurity is in addition to the administrative insecurity caused by the constant adoption of new regulations, which keep changing how European farmers and stock breeders can organise their activities;
Amendment 117 #
9. Highlights that farming is not just a job, but a way of life with close ties to nature and a strong sense of community belonging, which generates benefits for rural areas and society as a whole;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Highlights the need to diversify young farmers’ income by encouraging farm multifunctionality, also through the instrument of direct sales;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Stresses that those low wages mainly stem from selling agricultural products at prices below the cost of production, which must be tackled to reverse this trend;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to promote innovative models of intergenerational collaboration, such as partnerships, share farming or land- matching services, also with a view to encouraging the establishment of new farmers;
Amendment 218 #
17. Calls on the Member States to regulate agricultural land markets in order to promote land access for young farmers by all means available, such as pre- emptive rights in favour of young farmers, price controls, acquisition caps or obligations to maintain agricultural activity;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Member States to recognise the importance of young farmers in rural development actions within the national strategic plans;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the CommissionMember States to establish an EU observatory on farmland, as part of the Rural Observatory, to monitor, in particular, trends and prices for land sale and rental, as well as changes in farmland use;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses that the limited ability of banks to offer long-term mortgage loans is a factor that severely penalises young farms, and therefore calls for public support in the form of bank guarantees and measures to encourage credit lines;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on Member States to simplify and cut red tape in the rules for setting up new farms;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Highlights that the young farmers of today and tomorrow will be the most affected by the impacts of climate change and by the loss of biodiversity, but that they are alsolso need to be better equipped to seize the opportunities presented by the green and digital transitions;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Underlines the role of cooperatives and farmer organisations in helping young farmers overcome barriers, providing guidance services and enhancing their participation in the policy dialogue; calls for the gender-balanced representation of young farmers’ in their governance bodies to be ensured;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Insists on the need to ensure adequate working and living conditions and social protection for young farm workers, in particular women and migrant workers;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 c (new)
Paragraph 32 c (new)
32c. Points out that the products of European farmers are competing against products from foreign countries, which do not comply with the Europeans standards imposed on European producers, particularly those adopted to protect the environment and consumer health; stresses that a standard imposed exclusively on European producers gives an advantage to those producers who do not have to comply with that standard;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 e (new)
Paragraph 32 e (new)
32e. Points out that increasing the consumption of local products would benefit not only European farmers and stock breeders, but also the environment, due to the carbon footprint being lower than that of imported foreign products;
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 f (new)
Paragraph 32 f (new)
32f. Calls on the Commission to encourage, within those Member States willing to adopt this approach, consumption of local agricultural and stock breeding products in the context of public procurement;