Activities of Emmanouil FRAGKOS related to 2022/2183(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on ensuring food security and long-term resilience of the EU agriculture
Amendments (21)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas nature and biodiversity are the foundations of food and, without strong political action to conserve and restore nature and biodiversity, food security and the right to food will be irreversibly endangeredthe protection of nature and biodiversity is important for food security;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas the common agricultural policy plays a fundamental part in ensuring food security both within the EU and globally;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the abandonment of rural farms within the EU has been on the rise in recent years, the number of young farmers is declining and generational renewal in the agricultural sector is under threat; whereas a key factor to reverse these tendencies is maintaining the viability of farms, especially small ones, and establishing a strong position for farmers in food supply chains, which would help them to fight with unfair trade practices;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas food imported from third countries is often subject to lower environmental, animal welfare and health standards compared to the EU, thus distorting the competitive balance in the common market, to the disadvantage of EU producers;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Supports the just transition todevelopment and promotion of the agro- ecological and organic farming; reiterates its support for the ambitions, targets and goals of the farm to fork, biodiversity and zero-pollution strategies; welcomes their published and announced legislative proposals, includinghighlights, however, that all policies towards food security, both on an EU and global scale, must be based on a balanced approach, balancing their economic, environmental and social implications and that those relatedsponse to the reduction in the use of pesticides and their associated risks and the setting of EU food waste reduction targetscurrent crisis must not be based solely on increasing environmental ambitions without proper impact assessment provided;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Ssupports the just transidevelopment and promotion tof agro-ecological and organic farming; reiterates its support for the ambitions, targets and goals of the farm to fork, biodiversity and zero-pollution strategies; welcomes their published and announced legislative proposals, including those related to the reduction in the use of pesticides and their associated biological farming; notes, however, that all food security policies, both at EU level and on a global scale, must be based on a balanced approach, striking a balance between the economic, environmental and social impacts, and that the response to the current criskis and the setting of EU food waste reduction targetsmust not be based exclusively on scaling up the environmental ambitions without a proper impact assessment;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for an increase in the CAP budget in the process of revising the Multiannual Financial Framework scheduled for 2023 - so that new CAP objectives, including in the area of environmental protection and animal welfare, can be adequately financed without jeopardising the viability of farms, especially small ones, and in order to reduce the farm abandonment, in particular by young farmers;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that the same agricultural production standards should apply to imported products as those applying to products produced in the EU;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Whereas European farmers, whose work is of vital importance in ensuring food security, has, over the past decade, had to face a host of adverse factors, such as: the financial crisis and austerity measures, the long-term effects of the United Kingdom’s departure from the EU, the impact of COVID-19, the loss of the Russian market, the cut in the overall budget for the CAP, the new environmental demands flowing from the new CAP model and the Green Deal strategies and, lastly, the explosion in the cost of production, especially as regards energy and fertilisers, the new demands for cuts in the use of fertilisers and plant protection products;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Whereas the abandonment of farmland in the EU has been increasing in recent years, the number of new farmers is decreasing and generational handover in the agricultural sector is under threat; whereas a fundamental factor in countering such trends is maintaining the viability of farms, especially small ones, and creating a strong position for farmers in food supply chains, which would help them to combat unfair commercial practices;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Notes the steps the Commission has so far taken to limit the effects of the crisis on food markets, including a EUR 500 million package and the temporary crisis framework which enables State aid measures to be adopted for producers hit by the rising cost of inputs, and the increased advance payments of immediate aid for farmers, temporary derogations in respect of set- aside and the temporary easing of the import requirements regarding animal feed; calls for flexibility as regards the national CAP strategic plans so that they may be continued for as long as needed in order to maintain foodstuff production in the EU and strengthen Europe’s leading position in the global food market;
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the strict application of the One Health principle in all policies that affect the availability and accessibility of food; stresses that food safety must never be jeopardisedand rejects any move to introduce insect consumption, on grounds of health protection and, above all, human dignity;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Whereas food security is inextricably linked to energy security;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 139 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 167 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned that the resumption of Ukrainian grain exports mainly benefits Western feed and livestock industries instead of alleviating pressures in the Global South2; __________________ 2 https://ruralsociologywageningen.nl/2022/1 1/11/crisis-and-capitalism-a-deep-dive- into-the-black-sea-grain-initiative-and-the- global-politics-of-food/
Amendment 184 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for a strategy to regionalise the supply chaiboost domestic production of the most important commodities and to ensure the supply of local and sustainable plant proteinhigh-quality local products;
Amendment 195 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 198 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers it irresponsible that the EU continues to support environmentally harmful and cruel practicStresses that standards of environmental protection and animal welfare in the EU are among the highest in the world, with harmonised rules covering a range of animal species uander the welfare issues; believes that the reformed common agricultural policy and common fisheries policy. allow for further improvements in this field.
Amendment 205 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes with regret the persistence of a glaring disparity in environmental and animal welfare standards and requirements between European food production and food from third countries placed on the Single Market; calls on the EC to better protect the competitiveness of domestic agricultural production by inclusion of appropriate clauses in Free Trade Agreements; emphasises that building food security in the EU cannot allow for overproduction of low-quality food in countries with lower environmental and health standards;