5 Amendments of Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ related to 2015/2226(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the centrality of agriculture to social cohesion owing to its role in economic growth and diversification, and in fixing populations in rural areas; stresses the need to strengthen the CAP budget and to ensure social fairnes; takes the view that the CAP must take account of regional specificities inf its implementation is to have a greater impact on employment;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets the strong market orientation offact that the EU’s agricultural policies and its negative effect on rural incomes and employment, as evidenced by the liberalisation of the dairy sector; condemns the negative impact on agricultural labour of free trade agreements such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnershipre fostering marked price volatility, which may have a negative effect on rural incomes and employment, and therefore considers it necessary to introduce fresh measures to tackle crisis situations such as that currently being experienced in the dairy sector following the abolition of the quota system; takes the view that free trade agreements such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership may benefit European exports, which will generate a positive impact on agricultural labour, although sensitive agricultural sectors will need to be given special protection;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the introduction of social conditionality in the CAP’s first pillarCAP’s first pillar to help guarantee that beneficiaries have an income that will enable them to enjoy decent living conditions;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that improving access to land through instruments such as public land banks, in particular for young people, is key to agricultural employment;
Amendment 132 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the defence of the right toPoints out that the cost of public services is higher in rural areas against current neo-liberal policie, particularly in areas with serious and permanent natural or demographic disadvantages, and calls for the defence of the right to public services in rural areas; supports the development of minimum income schemes to ensure social cohesion, given the high rate of poverty and social exclusion in rural areas.