Activities of Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES related to 2009/2236(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Explanations of vote
Amendments (18)
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls that one of the main reasons why the EU needs a strong CAP is to contribute to the maintenance and development of viable and dynamic rural communities, at the heart of European cultural diversity, and with a view to ensuringthat guarantee sustainableility and balanced socio- economic development across all European territory, which calls for socio-economic conditions in rural communities to be equivalent to those of urban communities with a view to avoiding the growing abandonment of the land which is isolating rural communities;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Recalls that agriculture has always been a producer of public goods, or of what in today's context may be called 'first-generation' public goods, the reference here being to food security and food safety, which should continue to constitute the primary raison d'être for the CAP, corresponding to its essence and representing the first concern of Europe's citizens; the more recently identified or 'second-generation' public goods, e.g. the environment, planning or animal welfare, while also objectives of the CAP, are complementary to the first-generation goods and should therefore not replace them;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recognises that generations of farmers have shaped the valued EU landscapes and, therefore, should be rewarded(in socio-economic, demographic, territorial, design, environmental, cultural and tourism terms) and, therefore, should receive a fair financial reward, both for their achievements and as an incentive for continuing to do so in a sustainable way, especially in naturally disadvantaged areas; believes that they are activelyfarmers can make an even fuller contributiong to the great cultural valuheritage represented by the land in terms of the attractiveness of Europe, providing the backdrop for the successful rural tourism; of a range of parallel activities linked to agriculture (rural tourism, nature tourism, green tourism, bird-watching, etc).
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Insists that the maintenance of farming activity across the whole of Europe is fundamental to maintain diverse and local food production and prevent the threat of land abandonment across EU territoryin the EU's rural areas and by its rural communities, which play the role of ensuring that large swathes of Europe remain populated and economically dynamic;
Amendment 430 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Calls for a fairer distribution of CAP payments and insists that it should be fair to farmers in both new and old Member States;
Amendment 440 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Believes that viable farming businesses are fundamental to sustaining thriving rural communitiespreserving rural communities and to their socio-economic development, and that it is therefore necessary to create the conditions for their economic viability;
Amendment 448 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Believes that agriculture has a leading role to play in tackling climate change by reducing GHG emissions, increasing carbon sequestration capacity and developing and using more renewable energy sources; believadvocates, that climate considerations should be integrated across CAP measerefore, specific measures to that end with input from all climate-related areas; recalls that at the same time it is essential to equip agricultures where appropriateith new forms of funding to meet these new challenges;
Amendment 472 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Notes that the market fails tohas not, to date, properly rewarded farmers for protecting the environment; therefore believes that the CAP must become greener by's contribution in this field requires greater emphasis and encouragement, with incentivisinges to farmers to maximise the delivery of eco-system services toby means of packages of consistent and harmonised agri-environmental measures in order to ensure the further improvegress and incremental success of the sound environmental resource management of EU farmland;
Amendment 497 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Believes that the new CAP must be simple to administer and reduce red tape and administrative burdens on farmers by moving towards the use of, while also harmonising the rules on controls and payments throughout the EU, thus helping action on competition- related problems in the context of the implementation of the CAP by the Member State authorities, with recourse to such measures as phasing in delivery tools such as outcome agreements and simple contracts;
Amendment 499 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Believes it is essential that CAP funds be transferred to farmers in a less bureaucratic and faster fashion, so as to ensure that support has the desired effect on the real economy; to this end, it is vital to ensure the participation of producers' organisations and associative structures, in terms of both technical support and the interpretation of Community rules,
Amendment 506 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 b (new)
Paragraph 44 b (new)
44b. Stresses that the need for stability and the possibility of medium- and long- term decision-making are crucial to any kind of economic activity; agriculture is an economic activity whose actors need a clearly-defined and solid framework to enable them to invest in the sector; the multiple reforms, whether horizontal or sectoral, of recent years have in no way contributed to an environment of continuity of activity for practising farmers or to attracting young farmers or, indeed, external investors indirectly linked to agriculture;
Amendment 521 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Recognises the wide range of new priorities for the CAP and notes that the new Member States' expectation whein they process of joineding the European Union was that CAP support would, over time, reach parity withey would subsequently benefit from aid identical to that received by the old Member States; therefore calls for the 2013 CAP budget amount to be at least maintainincreased post- 2013, if the EU is to meet its current commitments and successfully deliver the new prioritiesn line with the rate of inflation and taking account of the commitments made to the new Member States and the responsibilities accruing to the CAP in the environmental field;
Amendment 544 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Insists that the CAP should not be renationalised and therefore believes that core direct support should remain fully financed by the EU budget, hence rejecting any further co- financing which could harm fair competition within the EU Single Market;
Amendment 553 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 – point 1
Paragraph 48 – point 1
(1) Believes that in order to reduce the disparities in the dis, for the attribution of direect support funds between Member Statesaid, the hectare basis alone will not be sufficient and, therefore, calls forto ensure a fairer distribution between Member States; calls on the Commission to consider the introduction of additional objective criteria, such as a purchasing power coefficient to be used to achieve an overall balanced. employability, contribution of agriculture to national/regional GDP, national/regional level of development and dependence on agriculture, etc, possibly with variable weightings, which could, taken together, operate as corrective criteria as between Member States and regions, thus contributing to a more balanced and equitable distribution;.
Amendment 675 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Believes that an EU-funded top-up direct area payments should be made available to farmers throughby means of simple contracts rewarding them for reducingfor achieving reductions in their carbon emissions per unit of production and increasing their sequestration of carbon, in the context of the second pillar; notes that this would have the double benefit of making EU agriculture more environmentally and economically sustainable through improved efficiency and would also ensure that farmers can obtain financially benefit advantages from increased carbon sequestration on their land and put them on the same footing as other industries which are in the EU ETS; calls for clear and measurable criteria and targets to be defined appropriately to allow these payments to be implemented as soon as possible;
Amendment 680 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
58. Calls for the continuation of specific measures to compensate farmers producing in areas with natural handicaps, especially the most remote regions, in order to ensure that agricultural activity takes place and local food is produced across the EU, reducing the threat of land abandonment from rural depopulation and desertification in some of the most remote regions, and ensuring balanced territorial management across the EU; considers that this support scheme should remain co- financed as it currently is;
Amendment 734 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
Paragraph 61
61. Believes that to underpin the five key building blocks of the CAP, a minimum safety net against extreme price volatility should still be available as a rapid reaction crisis tool; to that end, considers that a special reserve budget line should be made available in the EU budget which could be activated rapidly to respond to crises which arise, and that new innovative financial tools should also be considered such as riskincome insurance schemes and futures marketand risk insurance schemes to help reduce market volatility;
Amendment 758 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63
Paragraph 63
63. Recalls that, amongst the current set of market tools, export refunds should continue to be phased out according to WTO agreements, on a reciprocal basis and only to the extent that they are abolished by the EU's trading partners;