14 Amendments of Martin HÄUSLING related to 2015/2353(INI)
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that the number of small farmers in the EU continues to fall dramatically, driving rural depopulation and impacting the socio-economic fabric of rural areas; notes also that this process seriously affects other policy areas and so public spending.
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that the current amount in Heading 2, as provided for in the current MFF, must remain at least at the same level as long as the CAP performs to achieve its policy objectives ; refers, in this connection, to Article 2 of the MFF Regulation, which clearly states that allocated national envelopes may not be reduced by the midterm revision; considers, furthermore, that other Union policies must have the necessary financial means to allow the Union to honour its legal obligations in accordance with the corresponding sectoral legislation;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. notes that before the last CAP reform, it was also argued that CAP funding should continue, on the condition that it reformed to respond to citizens' demands and the realities of a new century; although the subsequent reform only addressed to a limited extent the major sustainability challenges of transitioning to food production systems that are resilient to volatility of markets and climate.
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that price volatility linked to worsening market and climatic conditions in many agricultural sectors has significantly increased in recent years, leading to severe income volatility; stresses, therefore, the need to ensure that sufficient budgetary resources are available to deal with market crises, such as those currently affecting the milk, pig meat and fruit and vegetable sectors; adds in this regard that, owing to the CAP budget cuts made during the last MFF negotiations, direct payments from the first pillar of the CAP are currently insufficient to mitigate the income volatility experienced by farmers;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Notes that farmers are squeezed by rising input costs1a on one hand and prices for their goods that are non- remunerative on the other1b ; considers therefore that inputs and costs of production ought be addressed in the CAP by encouraging more autonomy _________________ 1aEP report on the farm input supply chain: structure and implications(2011/2114(INI)) of 28.11.2011 1bEP report A7-0225/2010 on fair revenues for farmers: A better functioning food supply chain in Europe (2009/2237(INI)) of 07.09.2010
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. considers that more effective supply management is needed to ensure that supply is matched to demand and decent and fair prices for the producers are maintained
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. notes it is useful to define productivity in the long term so as to include long term investments in for example improving soil quality and health, or multifunctional agroforestry, and therefore resilience to climate change .
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. notes the principle of budgetary efficiency, whereby there should be coherence between policy areas, in particular that funding under the CAP of activities which generate additional costs in other policy areas covered by the general budget of the European Union, especially environment and public health, should be avoided 1c _________________ 1c recital (40) of Reg.1306/2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. recalls that sustainable agriculture has been found to be a more cost-effective use of public funds than those approaches generating externalised costs covered either indirectly by taxpayers, via public funds to resolve environmental or public health impacts, or directly via citizens' water bills to clean drinking water for example.
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. considers that one of the functions of the CAP should be to cover the short term financial risk taken by farmers transitioning to sustainable practices beneficial in the long term, for example increasing resilience of production systems
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Points out that the objectives of the CAP remain unchanged under the Lisbon Treatysince the 1950's, namely increasing agricultural productivity, ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, stabilising markets, ensuring the availability of supplies and ensuring that supplies reach consumers at reasonable prices; notes, however, that the successive reforms of the CAP have assigned new tasks to agriculture in terms oftried to make it relevant to the 21st century and have assigned new tasks to agriculture to cope with modern challenges, for example: product quality, environmental protection, adaptation to and mitigation of climate change, consumer health, land use issues and modes of production and productivity; stresses that the objectives laid down as part of the EU’s sustainability strategy must also be taken into account in the EU’s agricultural policy;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that agricultural production has an extremely high added value, since it also supplies the processing sector, thereby contributing to economic and social cohesion in regions and to the EU’s balanced regional development; points out that it is therefore necessary to maintain and, where appropriate, step up the support received by farmers, since this provides an incentive to increase agricultural production; stresses that the CAP contributes significantly to growth and employment in rural areas, more so than other Union policies; recalls that, in statistical terms, one farmer provides seven additional jobs in related sectors; points to the importance of maintaining the CAP’s focus on supporting small-scale and family farming businesses as the cornerstone of agricultural production in the EU and of life in the EU’s rural areas and achieving real progress in that policy goal;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that the success of the CAP and acceptance thereof also depends on further reducing bureaucracy and limiting regulatory administrative provisions to an acceptable level, while still achieving the policy objectives demanded by society that were intended;
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Strongly opposes any renationalisation of agricultural policies; stresses that the common nature of the EU’s agricultural policy avoids distortion of competition within the internal market and generates savings for European taxpayers; affirms that a well-functioning and well-financed second pillar is essential for the success of the CAP and for the economic well-being of the Union’s rural areas; notes the disparity between member states in both need of rural development and its funding