3 Amendments of Alain CADEC related to 2011/2051(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that Europe and its regions need a new, strong CAP that will boost development and improve competitiveness on the international market, will be more market-oriented, will provide farmers with a decent income, will ensure quality products for consumers and will take account of public goods including food security, biodiversity conservation, sound water and forest management and sustainable development based on education and knowledge, as well as driving cohesion;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the direct payments scheme should be retained in order to continue to ensure, in a context of price volatility, competitiveness, economic stability, decent farm incomes and the sustainable development of the EU farm sector, as well as EU food and environmental security, thus ensuring that other policies and strategies, including the Europe 2020 strategy, may be properly implemented; considers, in this connection, that objective and transparent criteria need to be drawn up to ensure the provision of an appropriate level of direct support throughout the EU and to move away from the criteria used to date for allocating funding under the direct payments scheme;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the potential of regions and rural areas is not confined to the natural resources that enable them to play a social and economic role, given that such areas are first and foremost a place where the food required in order to ensure food security is produced and that they provide key raw materials for industry and renewable energy generation, as well as constituting a source of environmental, ecological, landscape and tourism assets and non-material assets including traditions and cultural features such as culinary heritage in the form of regional products; points out that farming is the cornerstone of the rural economy and that farmers play a leading role in ensuring the vitality of this economy and in rural land development;