1 Amendments of Katerina BATZELI related to 2008/2100(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4α. Considers that, in view of the reduction of funding for the second pillar of the CAP under the latest financial perspectives, regional development programmes must be more strictly targeted so as to ensure that their implementation results in immediate benefits for farmers; considers that, more generally, rural development and infrastructural improvement programmes must be financed by the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund; urges the Commission to focus on the application of clear criteria by the Member States with a view to ensuring that rural development programmes are strictly centred on agriculture;