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20 Amendments of Mairead McGUINNESS related to 2015/2226(INI)

Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas rural areas represent more than 77% of EU territory and whereas many jobs in those areas – a high proportion of them non-relocatable – depend on agriculture and the agro-food industry;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas, taken together, agriculture and the agro-food industry account for 6% of the GDP of the EU, 15 million businesses and 46 million jobs;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas farmers aged under 35 account for only 6% of those in charge of farms, and more than 4.5 million of those running farms are aged over 65;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas, in the face of the current economic crisis, the European Union has made jobs – in particular via the Juncker plan – one of its key priorities, and whereas, in that connection, the legitimacy of the CAP must be reaffirmed so that it can be used aCAP is one of the principal tools for EU action as regards the retention and creation of jobs in rural areas;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the foundations of the last CAP reform continue to serve as the basis for a dominant mode of agricultural development that relies on increasingly large, concentrated and specialised farms that practise intensive farming, with an increasing focus on capital rather than employmentenabled aid to be redirected and distributed more fairly among the Member States and the various agricultural sectors, and reaffirmed the role of the CAP in economic terms and as a social stabilising factor for farms and rural regions;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas experience on the ground shows that othermany kinds of agricultural development are possible, providing better results in terms of food quality and agronomic, environmental and economic performance, and that small and medium- sized farms that are generally it is important to promorte diversified, more innovative and better organised in terms of formingty of agricultural systems and recognise associations involving group agriculture are more inclined to bin order to be more resilient in times of crisis;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the current crisis shows that the unregulated market is unable to ensure price stability or maintain jobs, and that it , within the framework of a market- oriented CAP, it is essential to retain a common agricultural market organis atimeon and to come up with appropriate new regulatory tools that are tailored to the hypercompetition pertaining in Europe and the rest of the worldo ensure price stability and sustain agricultural jobs and income;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas job creation in rural areas must be part and parcel of a sustainable policy that is tailored to ecosystems and involvesspecific territories and involves, in particular, the maintenance and development of agricultural and agriculture-related activities that forge links between the various stakeholders both socially and in terms of solidarity;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas the future of rural areas does not depend exclusively on the development of the agricultural sector but is also linked to the restmaintenance of other economyic activities, and whereas there is a need to put in place a genuine territorial system, seeking synergies between all activities and allowing for collective and cross-sector approaches;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas, to that end, it is absolutely vital to focus on the many jobs that this ‘in-place’ agriculture (which includes forestry) provides – jobs that cannot be relocated and that involve food and non- food goods, as well as services;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas support should be provided first and foremost to family farms run by one or more responsible, independent farmers who work on their farms in an effective manner and who are much better able to deal with any problems by adapting their production and/or their production methods and by diversifying their activities when necessary;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 91 #
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Takes the view that the CAP must continue to support territories with specific constraints, such as mountain areas, overseas territories, sensitive natural areas and areas on the fringes of urban sprawl;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that there is a need to implement the environmental dimension of direct aid, and that this must be part and parcel of ensuring that farms are sustainable and viable, and help create new jobs;deleted
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Under the future CAP after 2020deleted
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Takes the view that the funds under the future CAP ought to provide more support for small and medium-sized farms, which, because they are generally more diversified, economical and autonomous, and more easily handed over, are more effective in terms of creating added value and territory-based jobs;deleted
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises that, against a backdrop of deep uncertainty as regards the future of low, volatile agricultural prices, the EU must do more to influencecorrect the erratic effects of the markets by establishing safety nets and, prevention and crisis management systems and risk management tools that could, for example, draw on countercyclical aid, allowing farmers to benefit from more advantageous prices; considers, in particular, that the CAP must also strengthen the insurance schemes for protecting farmers against the various climate, health and economic risks;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for the PACCommission to prioritise, under the EIPsecond pillar of the CAP, the EIP and Horizon 2020, support for innovative, more sustainable agricultural and forestry models for the production of food and non- food goods and services (renewables, bioeconomics, etc.), developing the full range of resources in each rural territory;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls forPoints out that investment provided under the rural development policy to be prioritised with a focus on jobis a support for employment in rural areas;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 303 #
19. Takes the view that, for the future, there is a need to continue to develop high-quality, territory-based food systems by promoting individual responsibility and the involvement of all stakeholders in qualitative and contract-related activities designed to ensure food and health security, as well as fair incomes for farmers;
2016/05/24
Committee: AGRI