Activities of Carmen AVRAM related to 2022/2183(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Ensuring food security and the long-term resilience of EU agriculture (debate)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas although food prices are high, they are not offsetting production costs for EU farmers and agri- cooperatives, which have been exponentially increasing over the past year due to soaring energy and packaging prices as well as availability and price issues with fertilisers and machinery;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
I b. whereas taking the ECB data and inflation forecasts, the aggregate 2021- 2027 real value of the CAP budget will shrink 21.95% with regard to 2020, and in the last year (2027) 34.12% vis-à-vis 20202a; _________________ 2a https://www.farm-europe.eu/news/the- cap-budget-is-shrinking-fast-removing- any-leverage-for-green-deal- investment%EF%BF%BC/?utm_source= piano&utm_medium=email&utm_campai gn=21853&pnespid=pL1qUDtIb6gcguXeo i6xE4KGsE_1TctlKvS9xfUzvxRmO8dKXI T6FoSLazkyruFjhVfVt1OMag
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
I c. whereas inflation in the Euro Zone peaked at 10.6% in October 2022, Euro Zone food inflation rose to 13.1%, while energy price inflation rose to 41.5%;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have once again demonstrated the need for the EU to strengthen its food security and reduce its dependence on imports from outside the EU, such as fossil fuels, fertiliser, feed and raw materials; welcomes the adoption, due to the exceptional current circumstances, of temporary measures to increase EU production during the 2022/23 harvest season, which will contribute to food security and invites the European Commission to assess the need for potential prolongations; welcomes the derogations from key environmental requirements in the EU’s farming subsidy programme to maximise the EU’s cereal production capacity;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Underlines the impact of the Ukrainian war on the European farmers, and especially on those in the proximity of the war; acknowledges the efforts made by the Member States with common border with Ukraine to ensure the flow of the Ukrainian cereals out of the country; considers it timely-adequate to speed up the process of external convergence to empower farmers in these Member States to keep on supporting Ukraine's war-ravaged economy and Eu's strategic priority;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Welcomes the new Temporary Crisis Framework to help European producers cope with the effects of the war in Ukraine, but underlines the necessity to identify new financial support to ensure the food security of Europe and third countries; underlines the critical situation of the pig and milk market in some Member States and calls for direct and immediate financial support for these sectors;
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets that the Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on the sustainable use of plant protection products does not include an overall impact assessment (economic, social and environmental) and that the targets proposed do not take into consideration the regional specificities of the European agriculture; regrets the blanket ban on the use of pesticides in sensitive areas being mooted by the Commission, since this would pose a significant threat to the livelihood of many farmers and severely limit their output.
Amendment 441 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the inclusion in the Commission communication on ensuring the availability and affordability of fertilisers (COM(2022)0590) of a strategy to help farmers cope with exceptionally high costs; considers, however, that while it contains many valid medium and long- term policy recommendations, it fails to provide adequate immediate support for farmers in the current crisis, which could have very serious implications for food security;
Amendment 458 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Acknowledges that organic farming is less exposed to price increases, yet pending the transition to uses of sustainable types of fertilisers, the fertilising industry in the EU must be made available the necessary imports, including gas, to produce fertilisers within EU itself and to ensure that prospects for EU harvests are not jeopardised; calls on the European Commission to speed up the communication of the risks and vulnerabilities identified through the European Food Security Crisis preparedness and response Mechanism (EFSCM);
Amendment 464 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Welcomes the European Commission's intention to source key nutrients such as phosphate and potash from other origins and calls to speed up this process in order to anticipate future shortages;
Amendment 514 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Considers that a contribution to food security could be also made through projects financed under the new REPower chapter and encourages the uptake of projects that are mutually beneficial for both energy and agriculture sectors