4 Amendments of Jens HOLM related to 2008/2153(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Estimates that the recent sudden soar in prices – in addition to speculation and bad crops - can be primarily explained by the growing demand for food by developing countries on world markets and the additional demand triggered by biofuels; which is causing significant problems for poorer segments of the population both within Europe and even more so in poor countries around the world;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Is fully aware of the fact that public support for agricultural production is necessary, especially when small scale local production is encouraged and taking into account that the agricultural sector is generating different public goods; recalls the need to design a support scheme which in no way causes negative effects in poor countries,
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that EU external action should not undermine efforts to ensure food security in poor countries, nor the appropriate policy space which must exist as a necessary precondition,
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that the EU must remain a main food supplier worldwide and guarantee its food security by maintaining the fundamental principles of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP):guarantee its food security by adhering to the principles of stable prices, increased productivity by technological progress and better crops, and flexible buffer stocks to react to crises akin to those being faced today; recalls the urgent need to make agricultural production in Europe ecologically and socially sustainable;