5 Amendments of Ambroise GUELLEC related to 2008/2100(INI)
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that the criteria traditionally used to distinguish rural areas from urban areas (lower population density, different employment structure, lower level of income and worse access to public goods and services) fail to provide a complete picture of the situation; considers, therefore, that from the point of view of territorial cohesion, per-capita income, not lower population densitybacked up by other factors, should be the decisive characteristic;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that rural development policy hascan have a huge influence on territorial cohesion and that due consideration should be given to whether it is justifiabthere is a need to re- examine the principle tof separateing rural development measures from cohesion and regional development policy;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that including rural development policy within cohesion and regional development policy is only possible on the condition that rural development receives adequate funding, and that this funding is used in line with the priorities set out for rural areas, and that rural development measures do not drain resources intended for direct payments to farmers;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that per-capita income levels, andccesibility, access to public goods and services and equal opportunities remain the biggest challenges for territorial cohesion and can be most effectively improved through support for non- agricultural activities in rural communities;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the CommissUnion and the Member States to provide appropriate support for projects to develop human capital, in particular through the provision of retraining and further training opportunities for inhabitants of rural areas;