Activities of Anne SANDER related to 2022/2032(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU: the 8th Cohesion Report - EU border regions: living labs of European integration (debate)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the key role that farmers and the agri-food sector have played during the COVID-19 pandemic in ensuring, despite the economic and logistic difficulties, in ensuring continuity of access to quality and affordable food, especially through short supply chains and trade in locally grown food; considers, therefore, that the development of local supply chains must be made permanent as they represent an interesting outlet for producers and give consumers access to quality products;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of increasing the resilience of the EU agri- food system and equipping it with the necessary tools to face new crises, such as the war in Ukraine, by investing in research and innovation, digitalisation, and the transition to more sustainable and territorially connected agriculture; recalls the primary need to ensure food security and the EU’s responsibility towards third countries dependent on food imports; stresses, in this connection, that the full use of Europe’s agricultural production potential is a prerequisite for the food security of our continent;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the war in Ukraine has highlighted the importance of European agricultural production in the supply of food to third countries; considers that the EU must be able to fulfil this role in order to avoid supply disruptions in third countries;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to enhance complementarity in the implementation of EU funds, particularly for cohesion and agriculture policy, by ensuring coordination, complementarity and coherence when it comes to rural development; stresses the need for effective coordination between European and national policies so that regions and territories fully seize the opportunities offered by these financial instruments;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. EStresses the importance of rural areas, which account for almost 30% of the EU’s population and more than 80% of its territory; recalls that our rural areas are at the heart of our food production and are part of the richness of our continent; emphasises the role that a long- term vision for the EU’s rural areas should play in fostering synergies between different EU policies by establishing a framework for cooperation between authorities and stakeholders and by implementing the initiatives provided for in the Rural Action Plan;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the importance of the agricultural sector for the creation of employment and for livelihoods in rural areas and the need to combat the depopulation and abandonment of rural areas through policies and the allocation of the necessary funds, by creating and facilitating conditions favourable to job creation and attracting young people to rural areas, by reducing wage gaps between agriculture and other sectors, by increasing business competitiveness and improving quality of life by encouraging investments in infrastructure and services;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to continue investing in the digital and green transitions, innovation and rural skills training in order to reduce the gaps between rural and urban areas and improve the attractiveness and dynamism of rural areas overall.