7 Amendments of Michèle STRIFFLER related to 2009/2236(INI)
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas price volatility has exacerbated problems relating to undernourishment at global level, as pointed out by the FAO, and whereas greater liberalisation of world trade in agricultural products, encouraged by WTO agreements, has so far made it impossible to counter the problem of hunger in the world,
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that the CAP must first and foremost play a preventive role, but must also provide immediate responses to the effects of the economic crisis on farming businesses such as the lack of access to credit for farmers, constraints on farm incomes, and increasing rural unemployment;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is of the opinion that a strong European Common Agricultural Policy is needed to ensure that EU farmers remain competitive on the world market against well subsidised trading partners or countries in which societal requirements are not as demanding as they are in the EU; believes that the EU cannot afford to rely on other parts of the world to provide for European food security in the context of climate change, political instability in certain regions of the world and potential outbreaks of diseases or other events potentially detrimental to production capacity;
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Believes that agriculture is well placed to make a major contribution to delivering the new EU 2020 Strategy priorities of tackling climate change and creating new jobs through green growth whilst at the same time continuing to provide food security for European consumers by producing safe and high-quality food products; stresses that the European Union also has a duty to contribute to world food security;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Insists that EU agriculture must remain competitive against fierce competition from well-subsidised trade partners or countries in which societal requirements are not as demanding as they are in the EU; therefore believes that competitiveness should still be a fundamental objective of the CAP post- 2013 to ensure that the EU has the raw materials to produce high- value European food products and they continue to win a greater share of the world market, as well as ensuring fair trade for farmers;
Amendment 649 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Believes that there should be a basic EU-funded direct area payment to all EU farmers in order to provide basic food security for European consumers, allow farmers to produce high-quality food competitively in relation to well subsidised trade partners (US) and to countries where societal requirements are not as high as in the EU, ensure that farming activity continues across the EU and provide baseline public goods through cross- compliance requirements for Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions, as well as high quality and animal welfare standards; calls for an absolute requirement of minimum activity to be included in the cross-compliance rules and proportionality to be the key principle applied when enforcing the rules;
Amendment 662 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 a (new)
Paragraph 56 a (new)
56a. Believes that the European system of aid for the poorest of the poor should remain in place and be placed on a more secure legal footing;