4 Amendments of Zbigniew KUŹMIUK related to 2022/2032(INI)
Amendment 17 #
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 inin particular the global impact of Russian aggression against Ukraine,; by investing in research and innovation, digitalisation, and the transition to more sustainable and territorially connected agricultureelieves that ensuring food supply chain fluidity in the single market should be a priority for EU action; further investment in research, innovation and digitalisation is also needed;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that the ongoing global energy crisis, which is causing an exponential increase in agricultural production costs, and the Russian aggression against Ukraine are posing particular challenges for cohesion policy and European solidarity, as they are destabilising the agricultural sector, reducing food security and increasing the risk of widespread economic stagflation, which will highlight and increase the perceived disparities in wealth between EU countries and regions, especially in rural areas, which are at particular risk of job losses and poverty;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that while Article 174 TFEU states that in the context of the EU’s cohesion policy particular attention shall be paid to rural areas, the current cohesion policy is only partially implementing this commitment. Only around 8% of funding under the Cohesion Fund goes to rural areas, with urban areas receiving preferential treatment. In addition, investments in rural areas not directly related to agriculture, such as the construction of public roads, investments in sewerage systems, the establishment of non- agricultural economic activities and so on, are largely financed under the second pillar of the CAP, not the Cohesion Fund. Calls, therefore, on the Commission to introduce an appropriate distinction in line with the Treaty between rural funding under the CAP and under cohesion policy, taking into account the objectives of each of these policies as set out in Articles 39 and 174 of the Treaty.
Amendment 40 #
3b. Firmly believes that the persistent lack of internal and external equalisation of direct payments under the CAP violates the principles of fair competition in the common market and undermines the long-term objectives of cohesion policy;