13 Amendments of Krisztina MORVAI related to 2011/2051(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
- having regard to European Parliament resolution of 25 November 2010 on the situation in the beekeeping sector2
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
- A. whereas the spirit informing the political response to the complex challenges of the future is more appropriately expressed in terms of its content by the Common Policy for Agriculture and Rural Areas than by the common agricultural policy with its restrictive content, and whereas the name of this common policy needs to be changed accordingly;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas a sustainable, productive and competitive European agriculture makes a significant contribution to the EU 2020 Strategy and to meeting new political challenges such as security of supply of food, the contribution of agriculture solely to its own energy needs, energy and industrial raw materials, climate change, the environment and biodiversity, health and demographic change in the EU and whereas in this context the situation brought about by the Lisbon Treaty must be taken into account,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas food security remains a central challenge for agriculture and can be much more reliably achieved in local, diverse systems, not only in the EU but globally, in particular in developing countries, as the world population is predicted to grow from 7 to 9 billion by 2050 and demand for food is projected to double by the same year according to the FAO,
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, because of the specific challenges, the agriculture, food and rural development sector requires targeted measures which, in the context of enlargement, also take account of the specific situation in the EU-27, particularly with regard to their greater need for resources to enable them to catch up in terms of competition, technology and infrastructure;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the European Union must still have sufficient instruments to be prepared for market and supply crises and market and price fluctuations in the agricultural sector in the future, particularly having regard to Community supply regulation instruments on both the supply and demand sides;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas there should not be any differentiation in the treatment of farmers according to size of holding and legal formthe legal form of their holdings for the purpose of direct payments, although a fixed ceiling should be introduced to counterbalance the competition-distorting effect of the linear hectare-based aid, and the possibility of introducing a basic allowance for small farmers should not be excludbe supported,;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the per capita real income of farmers has fallen dramatically in the past two years, with smallholders and farmers in the new Member States being particularly prone to fall below the average, and, as a result of this constant decline, it has now fallen below the level it had attained nearly 15 years ago at the beginning of the reform process,
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas, because the world economy is becoming integrated more rapidly, trade systems are as a rule being liberalised more by multilateral negotiations (the Doha Round) and whereas in relation to imports from third countries environmental, animal welfare, plant protection and consumer protection standards need to be raised to EU level and minimum employment standards should be complied with – even if it means applying the import restrictions adopted by the WTO,
Amendment 472 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for an adequate basic allowance for small farmers, which Member States can optionally determine – together with the introduction of a fixed ceiling – in those Member States where these farms help to stabilise rural development; calls for these Member States to decide, in accordance with subsidiarity, what percentage of the direct payments to be incorporated in the new subsidy system should be made available to their small farmers; stresses, however, that this must not hamper the necessary structural change;
Amendment 562 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Observes that, for historical reasons, farms in the European Union have a very diverse structure as regards size, employment arrangements and legal form; points out that, in the single market, this has been shown by statistical data to cause discriminatory competitive disadvantage and bankruptcy for smallholdings and for farms in the new Member States; is aware that direct payments are moving away from a historical basis to area-based payments and that the provision of public goods is independent of farm size; rejects, theretherefore calls urgently fore, measures which discriminate againstto put an end to the discriminatory situation affecting particular types of farm;
Amendment 658 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that resource protection should be directly linked to the granting of direct payments in order to attain these environmental objectives to the maximum without the need to introduce new, bureaucratic environmental conditions into the first pillar; consiwith particular regard to halting the reduction in biodiversity, including bee mortality, should be directly linked to the granting of direct payments, effectively as a condition for these payments, in orders that a flat- rate income payment, as envisaged in a top-up model in the first pillar, must cover costs and income losseso attain these environmental objectives to the maximum;
Amendment 665 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Considers that the critical level of bee mortality which is being experienced in Europe is a general indicator of a dangerous reduction in biodiversity; accepts the scientific view that one cause of this is the excessive use of chemicals in agriculture; considers that halting bee mortality by means of the scientifically- determined selective and reduced use of chemicals must be identified as a top priority of greening under the first pillar;