Η νέα αγροτική πολιτική της ΕΕ πρέπει να έχει επαρκή
χρηματοδότηση ώστε να προβλέπει για υγιείς αγροτικές πρακτικές που θα
εξασφαλίσουν προσφορά τροφίμων υψηλής ποιότητας σε όλους τους πολίτες της ΕΕ,
συμφώνησαν τη Δευτέρα οι εθνικοί βουλευτές και οι ευρωβουλευτές της Επιτροπής
Αγροτικής Πολιτικής.
CAP reform: national MPs want fair budget, less red tape and flexible greening
The new EU farm policy must have a decent budget to provide
for healthy farming practices that deliver a secure supply of
high-quality food to all EU citizens, national parliamentarians and EP
Agriculture Committee MEPs agreed in Brussels on Monday.
"This interparliamentary meeting is a great opportunity
for the European Parliament and national parliamentarians to share their
views on the EU farm policy reform. This will contribute to its
democratic legitimacy", said Agriculture Committee Chair Paolo de Castro
(S&D, IT), stressing that "the European Parliament is now on an
equal footing with the Council" in deciding on the final shape of the
new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
"The CAP is facing unprecedented challenges today", said
Mr de Castro, referring to food security, price volatility and climate
change. "Pressure on our resources was never so high. We need to make
the CAP greener and more efficient and boost support for rural
development so as to achieve territorial balance across the EU", he
added.
Cut bureaucracy
Many national MPs welcomed the reform proposals made by
EP rapporteurs on 18 and 19 June, but called on MEPs to do more to cut
unnecessary bureaucracy and simplify existing rules for farmers, not
least by ensuring that EU money goes to those who are "actively
operating farms" and not to "golf courses."
"There must be a level playing field for all EU farmers
and for this we need simple and less bureaucratic rules", said Mr De
Castro, emphasising that "neither the European Parliament nor its
Agriculture Committee will adopt a final position before the deal on the
EU's multiannual financial framework is reached."
Flexible greening
"We are facing many challenges today but these are also
opportunities. We have the tools at our disposal to react ... and we
must make it possible for our farmers to use these tools" to protect the
environment and make EU agriculture sustainable for the future, said
René Christensen, Chair of the Danish Parliament's Food, Agriculture and
Fisheries Committee and Co-chair of the interparliamentary meeting.
Greening measures are necessary but they must respect
specific situations in different Member States and regions and the
European Parliament should go even further to make them more flexible, many MPs said.
End "flagrant unfairness"
To boost competitiveness of EU farming and create a
genuine common market within the EU, direct payments must be fairly
distributed across the EU, argued many national MPs, particularly those
from new Member States. They urged MEPs to put an end to "flagrant
unfairness", some calling for every Member State to receive at least 80%
of the average EU payment, and others demanding either equality in
direct payments or the termination of the system per se.
Watch the video of the debate (link to the right).
Monday, 25 June 2012
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
In the chair: Paolo de Castro (S&D, IT) and
Czesław Adam Siekierski (EPP, PL) for the EP Agriculture Committee and
René Christensen, Chair of the Danish Parliament's Food, Agriculture and
Fisheries Committee
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