Activities of Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA related to 2009/2236(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate)
Amendments (40)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, to datein the past, the Common Agricultural Policy has met its goals with regard to achieving better productivity in the food chain, contributing to a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, market stabilisation and the provision of food supplies to EU consumers at reasonable prices,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the main goals of the CAP should be to guarantee the European Union's food sufficiency at reasonable prices and a fair income for farmers and stockbreeders, as well as compliance with minimum standards of food quality and safety,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the CAP no longer guarantees market stability, jeopardising the maintenance of adequate farm income and the regular supply of food at reasonable prices,
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas agriculture provides the main land cover in the EU, occupying 47% of the entire territory of the European Union; whereas across the EU there are 14.5 million agricultural holdings, generating over €355 billion in production; whereas most of the EU farms can be found in the EU-12, whilst most of the agricultural area remains in the EU-15 with more than 70% of agricultural land,
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas average European farm income is lower than average income in the remaining sectors of the economy, and Eurostat data show that over the past few years it has gradually fallen to 1995 levels; whereas production costs such as fertilisers, electricity, fuel, etc. are at their highest level for 15 years, making it very difficult to continue with farm production in the EU,
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas, according to the Commission communication of 28 October 2009 on the functioning of the food supply chain, agriculture is the only sector not to have increased the value of its sales since 1995; whereas the CAP should help to ensure a better balance of power in the food supply chain, improving the room for negotiation available to primary producers, who are the weakest link in the chain,
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the production of high-quality products areis essential exports ofto the European Union and represents a very large share of its international trade; whereas the EU is exporting high-profile products with considerable economic value, and in the case of products with protected origin and geographical indications the net value of these products and foodstuffs is €14 billion a year (excluding wines and spirits, which also account for a significant share of EU exports); whereas, in order to continue developing high-quality production, account should be taken of the specific needs of these sectors,
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas European farmers must meet high social and environmental standards and high standards of food quality and safety and animal welfare, and this results in high production costs that reduce their competitiveness by comparison with imports from third countries,
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph a (new)
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph a (new)
(a) Recalls that farming provides the basis for economic activity in many rural areas and the prosperity of other sectors of those regions' economies depends on it; believes, therefore, that rural development policy should be chiefly geared to promoting the competitiveness of farming, with the aim of fixing the rural population, guaranteeing an adequate standard of living and preventing depopulation to urban areas;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fact thatRecalls that the purpose of the 2003 CAP reform and the 2008 Health Check have allowedis that EU farmers toshould better respond and react to market signals and conditions;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that food securitufficiency remains the central challenge for EU agriculture as the world population is predicted to grow from 6 to 9 billion by 2050 and demand for food will double by 2050 according to the FAO (especially in emerging economies such as China or India);
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Affirms that Europe will have to make a substantial contribution to meeting that need against a background of less landincreasing discontinuation of farming, less water and reduced energy inputs due to the impact of climate change, which will act as a serious constraint on European capacity to increase supply;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – subparagraph a (new)
Paragraph 10 – subparagraph a (new)
(a) Takes the view that, in order to avoid the undesirable effects of this growing volatility, the CAP should have a wide range of flexible market management measures capable of a rapid response;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is of the opinion that a strong European Common Agricultural Policy is needed to ensure that EU farmers remain competitive on the world market against well subsidised trading partners; believes that the EU cannot afford to rely on other parts of the world to provide for European food security in the context of climate change, political instability in certain regions of the world and potential outbreaks of diseases or other events potentially detrimental to production capacity; points out, further, that third countries cannot guarantee the high standards of food safety that the EU requires from Community producers;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls that one of the main reasons why the EU needs a strong CAP is to contribute to the development of viable and dynamic rural communities, at the heart of European cultural diversity, and with a view to ensuring sustainable and balanced socio-economic development across all European territory and preventing rural depopulation;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Points out, most importantly, that in the future European agricultural policy must remain a common policy and that only a harmonised level of support across the EU with a common set of objectives and rules, while acknowledging the specific features of certain sectors, can deliver the appropriate level playing field for farmers and a properly functioning Single Market with fair competitive conditions for agricultural products within the EU;
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 – subparagraph a (new)
Paragraph 33 – subparagraph a (new)
a) Believes that the CAP must be capable of preserving the existing balance in the EU's stockbreeding system, in which various complementary models coexist; considers it essential to create support mechanisms that are not directly tied to surface area and take account of the contribution made by stockbreeding, independently of territorial base, to the overall sustainability of the European model.
Amendment 416 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Believes that, to avoid over- production crises and/or allow fair farmland use in Europe, steps should be taken to maintain the specific production capacity regulation measures available in some sectors;
Amendment 459 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Considers that production efficiency is fundamental to more sustainable management of scarce resources and that farmers should innovate by using the latest financial, scientific and technical tools to help meet the growing demand for food in a more economically, socially and environmentally sustainable manner;
Amendment 473 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Notes that the market fails to reward farmers for protecting the environment; therefore believes that the CAP must becomeoffer greenater by incentivisinges to farmers to maximise the delivery of eco-system services to further improve the sound environmental resource management of EU farmland;
Amendment 482 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Believes that farmers are well placed to contribute to green growth and respond to the energy crisis through the development of green energy in such forms as biomass, biogas, biowaste, biogas, second- generation biofuels and small-scale wind, solar and hydro energy, which will also help create new green job opportunities;
Amendment 485 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 – subparagraph a (new)
Paragraph 42 – subparagraph a (new)
a) Considers that farmers can also play a very active role in protecting the EU's forests and in the sustainable management of the forest biomass;
Amendment 508 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 11
Subheading 11
Delivering a fairer, greener and more sustainable CAP
Amendment 520 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Recognises the wide range of new priorities for the CAP and notes that the new Member States' expectation when they joined the European Union was that CAP support would, over time, reach parity with old Member States; therefore calls for the 2013 CAP budget amount to be at least maintained post-2013 ifin line with the EU's new financial requirements in the wake of the last enlargement, so as to enable the EU is to meet its currentassumed commitments and successfully deliver the new priorities;
Amendment 543 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Insists that the CAP should not be renationalised and therefore believes that core direct support should remain fully financed by the EU budget, hence rejecting any further co-financing which could harm fair competition within the EU Single Market;
Amendment 578 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 – point 3 (new)
Paragraph 48 – point 3 (new)
(3) stresses that the distribution of aid should take into account the specific nature of different sectors;
Amendment 627 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. Identifies the need for fiseven key building blocks, namely: Food Securitufficiency and Fair Trade, Sustainability, Agriculture across Europe, Biodiversity and Environmental Protection, and Green Growth, Competitiveness, and Better Food Quality Recognition Systems, to achieve a fairer, greener and more sustainable CAP;
Amendment 636 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 12
Subheading 12
Food securitufficiency and fair trade
Amendment 686 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
58. Calls for the continuation of specific measures to compensate farmers producing in areas with natural handicaps or a high depopulation rate in order to ensure that agricultural activity takes place and local food is produced across the EU, reducing the threat of land abandonment and ensuring balanced territorial management across the EU; considers that this support scheme should remain co- financed as it currently is;
Amendment 725 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 – subparagraph a (new)
Paragraph 60 – subparagraph a (new)
Amendment 728 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 – subparagraph b (new)
Paragraph 60 – subparagraph b (new)
(b) Believes that the CAP needs to have flexible, effective Community market management systems to shield farmers from extreme price volatility and unwelcome disturbances; calls for the existing COM market tools to be retained and improved so as to gear them to the real nature of the market;
Amendment 733 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 a (new)
Paragraph 60 a (new)
Competitiveness
Amendment 738 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
Paragraph 61
61. Believes that to underpin the fiseven key building blocks of the CAP, a minimum safety netcomprehensive safety net, encompassing intervention systems, against extreme price volatility should still be available asnd should include a rapid reaction crisis tool; to that end, considers that a special reserve budget line should be made available in the EU budget which could be activated rapidly to respond to crises which arise, and that new innovative financial tools should also be considered such as risk insurance schemes and futures markets to help reduce market volatility;
Amendment 745 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 a (new)
Paragraph 61 a (new)
61a. Takes the view that regulating the expansion in production capacity can play a vital role in securing sustainable growth in a number of farming sectors;
Amendment 769 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63
Paragraph 63
63. Recalls that, amongst the current set of market tools, export refunds should continue to be phased out according to WTO agreements, provided that all other trading partners take decisions to the same effect;
Amendment 771 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63 – subparagraph a (new)
Paragraph 63 – subparagraph a (new)
(a) Calls for the principle of reciprocity to be applied to trade agreements with third countries so as to ensure that goods imported into the EU will meet the same environmental, food safety, and animal welfare requirements as European farmers have to comply with;
Amendment 777 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64 a (new)
Paragraph 64 a (new)
Quality of foodstuffs
Amendment 778 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64 b (new)
Paragraph 64 b (new)
Amendment 779 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64 c (new)
Paragraph 64 c (new)
64c. Calls for provision to be made for the use in respect of these high-quality products of innovative management, protection and promotion mechanisms so that the products in question can develop smoothly and continue to make an important contribution to the sustainable growth of the CAP;
Amendment 780 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64 d (new)
Paragraph 64 d (new)
64d. Acknowledges, in particular, that measures to regulate the total production capacity for certain categories of foodstuffs may be necessary and essential to secure the sustainable development of specific high-quality products within those categories;