2023/2048(INI) Implementation of territorial development (CPR, Title III, Chapter II) and its application in the European Territorial agenda 2030
Next event: Vote scheduled in committee 2023/11/30
Lead committee dossier:
Next event: Vote scheduled in committee 2023/11/30
Progress: Awaiting committee decision
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | REGI | ROS SEMPERE Marcos ( S&D) | KEFALOGIANNIS Manolis ( EPP), TOLLERET Irène ( Renew), NIENASS Niklas ( Verts/ALE), KRUK Elżbieta ( ECR) |
Committee Opinion | BUDG | ||
Committee Opinion | TRAN | ||
Committee Opinion | AGRI | ADEMOV Asim ( EPP) | Ulrike MÜLLER ( RE), Juozas OLEKAS ( S&D), Krzysztof JURGIEL ( ECR) |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54
Legal Basis:
RoP 54Events
2023/11/30
Vote scheduled in committee
2023/07/20
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2023/04/25
EP - ADEMOV Asim (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in AGRI
2023/04/20
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2023/02/27
EP - ROS SEMPERE Marcos (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in REGI
Amendments | Dossier |
71 |
2023/2048(INI)
2023/09/25
AGRI
71 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas rural areas face the urgent challenges of demographic decline
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas the digital and green transitions offer opportunities for stronger, connected, resilient, innovative and prosperous rural areas in the long term, however, despite recent improvements in high-speed broadband connectivity, only 59% of households in rural regions have access to broadband, compared to 87% of the households in the EU;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas the digital and green transitions, if they are implemented fairly and do not leave anyone behind, offer opportunities for stronger, connected, resilient, innovative and prosperous rural areas in the long term;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas it appears that in regions and administrative units where LEADER is implemented, a mandatory Local Action Group (LAG) manager helps improving a better performance and absorption of regional funding and development;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas rural areas should be attractive places to do business and play a crucial role in ensuring the EU’s food security;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the Long-term Vision for the EU's Rural Areas calls to improve rural quality of life, achieve balanced territorial development and stimulate economic growth in rural areas;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas, although Article 174 TFEU stipulates that particular attention is to be paid to rural areas under the EU’s cohesion policy, the current cohesion policy is only partially delivering on that commitment; whereas urban areas are given preferential treatment under the cohesion policy; whereas, furthermore, many investments in rural areas that are not directly linked to agriculture – such as the building of public roads, investment in sewage systems and the establishment of non-agricultural businesses – are largely financed by the EAFRD and not by the Cohesion Fund;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas the role and importance of rural areas is often under-appreciated, insufficiently rewarded and funded;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Recital C c (new) Cc. whereas the diversity of EU’s rural areas calls for locally designed responses and solutions corresponding to each territory’s specific needs and possibilities and strategies should address rural areas according to their individual characteristics and in relation to their environment, using, among other tools, the rural proofing mechanism;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Recital C d (new) Cd. whereas rural communities are exposed to greater damages from climate change, more frequent adverse climate events such as storms, floods and droughts, and the consequences of biodiversity loss, and experience greater costs associated with climate transition;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Recital C e (new) Ce. whereas sustainable farming and forestry management, that includes environmental, economic and social sustainability, provided decent work and livelihoods, ecological systems and biodiversity and also enhances climate and risk resilience;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas Article 174 TFEU states that the Union must aim at reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions, paying particular attention to rural areas, that face the urgent challenges of demographic decline and ageing, especially affecting EU farming populations, along with rural abandonment, lack of access to infrastructure and services, low incomes and fewer job opportunities;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that small and family farms
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that small, medium and family farms are the backbone of EU rural areas, providing food security and ecosystem services for European citizens;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that small and family farms and SME are the backbone of EU rural areas, providing food security and ecosystem services for European citizens;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that a fair and dignified income and quality of life for citizens and their families in the rural areas is essential to ensure social progress and a successful territorial and local development; insists on the need to ensure decent working and living conditions and social protection in particular for young farm workers, and migrant workers in the EU regions;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that small and family farms have a positive impact on social cohesion in these areas, providing employment opportunities and helping to maintain local populations;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. recalls that according to Article174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which deals with economic, social and territorial cohesion, priority must be given to rural areas; notes, however, that rural areas and their specific needs are not sufficiently valued when allocating Cohesion Fund funds, which significantly contribute to maintaining the vitality of regions; therefore calls on the Commission to consider the possibility of creating a separate fund that would provide exclusive support for projects in rural areas through the Cohesion Fund, with local authorities making the investment decision;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the importance of improving the policy coherence and implementing a rural proofing of future EU in
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the importance of improving the policy coherence and rural proofing of future EU initiatives to effectively prevent rural depopulation and to facilitate generational renewal, broadband access and job creation in rural areas; Stresses the importance of implementing a rural proofing mechanism for all EU initiatives so as to assess the coherence and complementarity of EU policies and their potential impact on rural areas to ensure that they are fit for purpose; underlines the importance of involving local and regional authorities in the definition and implementation of rural proofing mechanisms;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the importance of improving the policy coherence and rural proofing of future EU initiatives to effectively prevent rural depopulation and to facilitate generational renewal, broadband
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the importance of improving the policy coherence and rural proofing of future EU initiatives to effectively prevent rural depopulation
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas rural areas face the urgent challenges of demographic decline and ageing, especially affecting EU farming populations, along with rural abandonment, lack of or poor access to public and private infrastructure and services
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Welcomes EESC proposal to promote a Europe-wide Charter of rural/urban rights and responsibilities; is also convinced that more cooperation with urban areas is needed to ensure that no area or citizen is "left behind" in the just transition to a climate-neutral, sustainable and prosperous European Union, striving for a rural and urban commitment to a fair approach and showing the added value of rural and urban organisations working together;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Welcomes the acceleration of digital transformation in the agricultural sector and rural areas; draws attention to the exclusion of small farms and the outermost regions from these developments, and points to the need to take measures to ensure that the digital transformation also benefits all; notes in particular that there is a need to manage risks of dependency and over- indebtedness for small farmers;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Emphasises that achieving the objectives of the cohesion policy in rural areas should always involve a compromise between environmental, economic and social objectives, which are vital for the well-being of current and future generations;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Is worried about the environmental and social impact of large- scale projects for the production, transport and storage of energy developed in the rural areas; stresses the key role of EU legislation concerning environmental regulation; notes with concern that in several cases there have been inadequate, lack or incomplete Environmental Impact Assessments and recalls the need to strengthen public participation rights of local communities; calls in this regard on the Member States to promote an integrated territorial development approach in the design and implementation of energy projects;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Reiterates the need for full integration of the long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas in the current and future cohesion and common agricultural policy (CAP) programming frameworks, ensuring this is properly financed without prejudice to other CAP budget headings, so as to ensure that the rural dimension is properly
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Reiterates the need for full integration of the long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas in the current and future multiannual financial frameworks, especially the cohesion and common agricultural policy (CAP) programming frameworks
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the inclusion of TA2030 objectives in the legislative instruments and operational programmes of the cohesion policy funds; welcomes the TA2030 pilot actions that have been developed and calls on the Member States and the Commission to continue investing in these actions and coordinating them with initiatives around cohesion policy and rural development;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Underlines the necessity to ensure a more balanced development of EU regions by ensuring better distribution of EU funds, including CAP support within and between Member States; emphasizes that it is impossible to achieve sustainable and long-term territorial development if support is allocated to different regions based on historical data;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Highlights the role that agriculture plays in achieving the Union objectives of food security, sustainable growth, social inclusion, and combating climate change, while helping to diversify agricultural production, preserve biodiversity and develop local economies;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas rural areas face the urgent challenges of demographic decline and ageing, especially affecting EU farming populations, along with rural abandonment, lack of access to infrastructure and services, low incomes
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Highlights that rural areas lack access to quality basic services such as water services, sanitation, road connectivity, healthcare, childcare and quality education and training, and that they are poorly connected, in addition to the insufficient quality and availability of housing; calls for the addition to the TA 2030 of a new pilot action around access to essential services within a 30 minutes threshold travel time, promoting equal access to basic services in rural communities;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Calls on the Commission to provide the TA2030 with direct implementation instruments;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the potential of the LEADER community-led local development method (CLLD)1 to engage rural communities in local action groups for the preparation and implementation of targeted local development strategies; calls on the Member States to support CLLD, including LEADER, encouraging participation in local action groups and ensuring their effective autonomy in terms of composition and decision- making; considers that further development of development method and CLLD funding tools would contribute to stronger integrated strategies and more sustainable, resilient territorial development; stresses in this regard the need for a meaningful earmarking of assistance for CLLD under all relevant funds at EU level, similar to that in the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD); _________________ 1 https://ec.europa.eu/enrd/leader-
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the potential of the LEADER community-led local development method (CLLD)1 to engage rural communities in local action groups
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Highlights the central role played by Community Led Local Development initiatives in keeping and restoring living and thriving local rural economies, and the need to keep a sufficient level of funding for LEADER; Calls on the Member states to make full use of LEADER's capacities;
Amendment 45 #
4a. Takes the view that the establishment of territorial cohesion in rural areas should take account of and respect their diversity and the disparities between them as regards the level of infrastructure development and the links in place between urban and rural areas;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Calls on the Commission to use the results of the 2024 evaluation report for the 2014-2020 programming period as well as results and experiences of the EAFRD LEADER implementation to support programmes for the period 2021- 20271a; _________________ 1a Article 57 of the CPR tasks DG REGIO with conducting an evaluation of the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund by the end of 2024.
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Calls on the Commission, when preparing the new programming period, to consider the possibility of providing financing measures in the LEADER program that would encourage the renewal of generations in rura areas;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Points to the importance of facilitating and promoting the use of multi- fund approaches to support the implementation of integrated projects for inclusive and sustainable rural development. reiterates the need to place the emphasis on synergy between EU- funded programmes, with a view to increasing the impact and efficiency of using such types of EU support. Also advocates that a coordinated approach be adopted to various sources of funding, such as EU funding, national funding and private investment, in order to maximise the impact and efficiency of rural development investments.
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas rural areas face the urgent challenges of demographic decline and ageing, especially affecting EU farming populations, along with rural abandonment, lack of access to infrastructure, healthcare, education and services, low incomes and fewer job opportunities;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Points to the importance of facilitating and promoting the use of multi- fund approaches to support the implementation of integrated projects for inclusive and sustainable rural development
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls for a strong rural dimension in all future cohesion policy regulations, which should include dedicated funding to that end; calls on the Commission to promote funding aswell for TA2030 programmes, and to asses the possibility of earmarking a share of the European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Policy funds to rural areas, going beyond the 8 % currently earmarked in the EFRD for the development of programmes under the Urban Agenda;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses the important role women are playing in building integrated territorial development; points out the importance of creating an enabling environment for women entrepreneurs in rural areas, including legal and policy aspects, to ensure better access to information, knowledge and skills, as well as to facilitate access to financial resources and thereby create more jobs in rural areas;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Notes that the instability in the agricultural markets in the EU and across the world caused by Russia’s aggression in Ukraine is a particular challenge for the cohesion policy and for European solidarity as it is destabilising the farming sector and increasing the risk of widespread economic stagflation, which will further exacerbate the current wealth disparities between the various countries and regions of the EU;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Member States to make effective use of the various funding opportunities also with a view to improving the prospects of SMEs, given their major role in generating employment in rural areas, and calls on the Commission to monitor and assess whether its support reaches rural areas and benefits their communities;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Emphasises the role of e-services, mobile service solutions, private-public partnerships, social enterprises, cultural and creative industries; accessibility of education and healthcare; as well as cooperatives to help provide necessary services for rural areas and act as a key factor for rural socio-economic development;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Draws attention to the need to also factor into the equation the development of other economic sectors, such as agri- tourism and cultural tourism, in rural regions in Europe, in order to revitalise rural areas.
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Draws attention to the continuing conflict of interest in some rural and suburban areas between the financing of cohesion policy and agricultural policy objectives and calls on the Commission to make an appropriate distinction, in line with the Treaty, between funding for rural areas under the CAP and under the cohesion policy, taking into account the objectives of each of these policies as laid down in Articles 39 and 174 of the Treaty;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls for improvement of the level of digital skills and the availability and affordability of adequate digital infrastructure, and the capacities to effectively deploy digital technologies, such as digital service platforms in rural areas;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas women play a crucial role in rural development and in the social fabric of rural areas, maintaining and improving rural livelihoods and strengthening rural communities and must be regarded as drivers of sustainable development; whereas the significant contribution that women make to local and rural development is not sufficiently reflected in their participation in the corresponding decision-making processes, given that women in rural areas are often underrepresented in decision-making bodies;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Points out that discrimination and exclusion prevent the pursuit of sustainable territorial development; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take action to develop and implement measures to combat gender inequality;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Recalls that in the 2021-2027 Cohesion Policy Framework, gender equality and a gender perspective must be included and promoted throughout all stages of the process to prepare, implement, monitor and evaluate Cohesion programmes; calls on the member states to actively promote these cross-cutting principles in the preparation and implementation of the Territorial Agenda’s pilot projects on the ground;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Calls for development of partnerships in all economic activities in rural areas, between businesses of all sectors, local authorities, researchers and services based on innovation, knowledge sharing and cooperation;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Is convinced that the continuing lack of internal and external alignment as regards direct CAP payments is undermining the cohesion policy’s long- term objectives, especially in the poorest and least developed areas;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5d. Reiterates the need to urgently strengthen EU policy regarding mitigation and adaptation to climate change, also in the light of the growing trends of extreme weather events these last years and months in the EU; highlights, in this context, the need to step up ambition and quantity of the present and future pilot projects within the objective “Greener Europe” and its first priority “Healthier environment”;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5d. Calls for more effort in enabling rural residents to take active part in policy and decision-making processes, involving a broad range of stakeholders at all levels of governance to develop tailor-made, place-based and integrated policy solutions and investments
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 e (new) 5e. Notes that more and more people choose to live in the cities and work in rural areas; Calls the Commission to design programmes taking into account all territories, incluiding metropolitan, urban and functional areas; Encourage the Commission to design LEADER in such way that it can be used by small cities;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 e (new) 5e. Calls for improving affordable public transport services and infrastructure such as railways, roads, charging and refuelling stations to support e-mobility solutions;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 f (new) 5f. Notes that an effective sustainable public transport system is one of the necessary conditions for regional economic development, territorial cohesion and the development of regional potential; highlights therefore, that it is necessary to provide the necessary funding for the development and maintenance of transport links, as this could encourage the older generation to stay longer in agriculture and attract young people from regional centers to work in rural areas;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 f (new) 5f. Emphasises the essential economic role played by agriculture, forestry and fisheries, calls for further development of short supply chains, quality schemes, producer organisations and cooperatives that contribute to increasing the sustainability of European food production;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas SME play a particularly important role in rural areas as employers, as facilitators of a diversification of farm income and as sponsors of social and cultural life and thus help to make rural areas more attractive to young people;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 g (new) 5g. Emphasises that generational renewal is the key for social, economic and environmental sustainability of rural areas and EU food autonomy and the future of agriculture and thus must remain a high priority in territorial development plans and strategies, stresses the need to account for the needs of small and medium sized farmers, and especially focus at attracting young farmers, preventing land abandonment and facilitating land access and access to credit;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 h (new) 5h. Stresses the significance of circular and bio-economy principles, as well as their application within the agricultural sector, in contributing to the realization of the objectives set out in the European Green Deal; encourages the enhancement of understanding and the implementation of circular and bio- economy principles within the European agriculture and food system.
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas rising energy prices and inflation throughout Europe are hitting rural areas particularly hard, especially the poorest and most backward areas where it is most difficult to achieve cohesion policy objectives;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas the digital and green transitions offer opportunities for stronger, connected, resilient, innovative and prosperous rural areas in the long term;
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