Activities of Zbigniew KUŹMIUK related to 2021/0227(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022 - all sections (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022 - all sections
Amendments (5)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the importance of transitional common agricultural policy (CAP) measures to bridge the gap to the new legal basis for a strong contribution to the European Green Dealin order to safeguard the legal framework for funding and ensure the economic stability of European farms; points at the possible strong repercussions of the negotiated compromises on the budget structure; welcomes the reinforcement of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) by EUR 5,7 billion from Next Generation EU (NGEU) in 2022; highlights that NGEU support is not only essential to the recovery of farmers and rural areas from the impact of the pandemic, but also crucial to the Union’s ambitious environmental targets; supports, furthermore, the implementation of the objectives of the Long-Term Vision for the Development of Rural Areas in the first phase of its implementation;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the contribution of the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and EAFRD to the Union objective of mainstreaming climate anda range of development objectives, including on climate and protection of biodiversity, in the budget 2021-2027; highlights the preliminary estimates showing that their contribution to climate mainstreaming reaches over 20 % of the Union target while their contribution to biodiversity mainstreaming represents over 60 % of the Union objective, thus compensating for programmes which do not contribute to those goals;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides for the priority treatment of rural areas; notes, however, that rural areas are undervalued in the distribution of funds under cohesion policy and the Regional Development Fund; calls, therefore, on the Commission to give higher priority to the funding of rural areas under the Regional Development Fund and cohesion policy;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes with concern that the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development finances certain expenses not related to agriculture, e.g. construction of public roads, investments in sewage systems, establishment of non- agricultural business activities; stresses that they should be financed as part of cohesion policy in accordance with Article 174 of the Treaty, while CAP funds should be strictly aimed at agriculture and farmers; calls on the Commission, therefore, when implementing the Long- term Vision for the Development of Rural Areas, to draw an appropriate distinction, in line with the Treaty, between funding for rural areas under agricultural policy and under cohesion policy, taking into account the specific objectives of each of these policies as set out in Articles 39 and 174 of the Treaty;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the necessity to allocate a significant share of the Horizon Europe funds to the agri-food sector to support research and innovation in food, agriculture and rural development in order to accommodate the ambitions of the European Green Deal; urges the Commission to ensure that the results reach farm level; recalls the importance of proper advisory services for farmers to integrate state-of-the-art technologies and improve the sector’s competitiveness and sustainability; stresses the need to maintain a geographical balance between all Member States as regards access to Horizon Europe funding.