Activities of Francesco VENTOLA
Written questions (1)
Urgent strengthening of the EU’s aerial fire-fighting fleet and development of a European partnership
Amendments (9)
Amendment 18 #
2024/0176(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reminds that farmers and rural communities are key actors in food quality and, affordability and safety and the preservation of rural areas, as well as having a strategic role in areas characterized by high seismic and hydrogeological risk that need a special support from the CAP;
Amendment 45 #
2024/0176(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Deplores the CAP budget cut in the MFF revision, in particular the halving to the programs dedicated to the promotion of EU agricultural products, and calls for a CAP budget increase in the next MFF to ensure food security and a fair income for farmers; this is linked to the growing interest in promotion programmes in 2024, which has seen an increase in project submissions;
Amendment 48 #
2024/0176(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for maintaining an inclusive and strong promotion policy budget of at least EUR 185,9 million to ensure that the policy continues to support all agricultural sectors proportionately, guarantee the competitiveness of agriculture and our food sovereignty and allow the creation of new international markets for European agricultural products;
Amendment 59 #
2024/0176(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the recent CAP simplification package and notes it has no budgetary impact; calls for the prosecution of this package until the end of this programming period and additional measures and resources to address the causes of farmers’ discontent across the EU with a focus to strengthen their position in the agri-food value chain;
Amendment 72 #
2024/0176(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the strengthening of support measures for young farmers and asks for investments on generational change and a greater involvement of women through aimed funding programs;
Amendment 88 #
2024/0176(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to providallocate sufficient and solid funding for the agricultural reserve to safeguard food security and in future the crisis reserve funding should come from outside the CAP budget;
Amendment 96 #
2024/0176(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the need for a fair distribution of CAP support between Member States, including direct payments, considering the differences in production and living costs in different Member States;
Amendment 124 #
2024/0176(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the need to better address the impact of floods, droughts and wildfires on primary production, food security and farmers’ income through an agricultural reserve that reflects the needs of farmers to cope with adverse climatic events.
Amendment 130 #
2024/0176(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Asks the Commission that any environmental fund in the future shall not involve financial resources shifted from the CAP.