Activities of Michèle STRIFFLER related to 2010/2110(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Draft Opinion on EU agriculture and international trade
Amendments (3)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the volatility of prices has aggravated malnutrition problems worldwide, as the FAO observes, and that greater liberalisation of world trade in agricultural products, which has been encouraged by WTO agreements, has not so far made it possible to curb the threat of hunger in the world; stresses that the European Union also has a duty to contribute to world food security;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the reduction of export subsidies and calls for further reforms of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) including the complete elimination of these subsidies, which were reintroduced in 2009 for dairy products. Pbut recognises the need to retain the legal possibility of granting export refunds in the event of a very serious crisis, such as that which arose in 2009 for dairy products, in order to temporarily assuage the problems of the sector affected; points out that export subsidies have, in the past, allowed the dumping of cheap EU products in developing countries, distorting competition with local producers and undermined their productive capacity;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages a radical reduction of tariffs on agricultural imports from all developing countries and the limitation of non-tariff barriers in order to provide real market- access opportunities for developing countries;