2 Amendments of Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI related to 2011/2307(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that before we undertake a further greening of the CAP we should examine the impact of such actions on the competitiveness of EU farming in the global market;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Believes that the Commission proposal for greening the first pillar of the CAP runs counter to the aim of food security; in particular, the requirement to designate 7% of eligible land as ‘ecological focus areas’ limits the extent to which the production potential of commercial farms, on which food production and security depend, can be exploited; believes that in order to achieve the environmental goals it is vital for the land in question to be determined and geographically distributed at regional or national level, not farm level;