5 Amendments of Martin HÄUSLING related to 2018/0166R(APP)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the common agricultural policy (CAP) plays a crucial role in delivering key EU objectives such as food security, balanced territorial development, sustainable management of natural resources and climate action; points out that the rules with which farmers must comply governing food, intended to ensure the public goods of food security, health and environmental protection, have increased, while the relative share of agriculture in the EU budget keeps declining;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its call for the CAP budget to be maintained in the 2021-2027 MFF at least at the level of the 2014-2020 budget for the EU-27 in real terms, given the fundamental role of this policy in supporting the transition towards an environmentally and socially sustainable food system; reaffirms its view that agriculture must not suffer any financial disadvantage as a result of political decisions such as the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU or the funding of new European policies;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of direct payments as well asa better redistribution of direct payments, enabled by a cap of 50 000 EUR per farm per annum, and the importance of maintaining second-pillar funds for farmers; deplores in particular the severe cuts envisaged for the second pillar of the CAP, which makes a significant contribution to investment and employment in rural areas, notably through funding for bottom-up approaches to local development such as LEADER and Community Led Local Development; stresses that it cannot be taken for granted that national co-funding will fill the budget gap;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates its call for a reform of the EU’s own-resources system; stresses the need to safeguard duties on agricultural products as a source of revenue for the EU budget; notes the decreasing revenues from duties over recent years, as decreases in average tariffs have overshot increases in trade volumes; notes the inconsistency of the focus on export- oriented agriculture, which may expose sensitive sectors to increased competition whilst, in reducing tariffs, eroding the funding needed to maintain the same sectors for the public goods they provide;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that an indirect boost to income can also be achieved through a real reduction in red tape for farmers in the CAP;input dependency for farmers through the CAP; emphasizes the importance of advisory services in providing farmers with independent advice on adapting and improving their practices