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On generational renewal in agriculture

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Amendment 1

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Citation 1

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
– having regard to Articles 38, 39 and 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,– having regard to Articles 38, 39, 174 and 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

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Amendment 2

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Citation 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
– having regard to the Commission proposal of 16 July 2025 for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the European Competitiveness Fund (‘ECF’) including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities, repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/522, (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/783, repealing provisions of Regulations (EU) 2021/696, (EU) 2023/588, and amending Regulation (EU) [EDIP],

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Amendment 3

Jérémy Decerle, Christine Singer, Asger Christensen, Barry Cowen, Ciaran Mullooly, Benoit Cassart, Charles Goerens

Motion for a resolution

Citation 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 28 April 2026 on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2028-2034 (A10-0105/2026)

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Amendment 4

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Citation 3 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
– having regard to the Commission’s proposal of 16 July 2025 for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing Horizon Europe, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation for the period 2028-2034, laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/695,

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Amendment 5

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Citation 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
– Having regard to the Commission communication of 19 April 2021 entitled “Action plan for the development of organic production in the EU”

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Amendment 6

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Citation 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
– Having regards to its resolution of 17 June 2025 on Strengthening rural areas in the EU through cohesion policy

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Amendment 7

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Citation 16 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
– having regard to Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006,

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Amendment 8

Marta Wcisło

Motion for a resolution

Citation 22 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
– having regard to the Commission communication of 18 February 2026 on the EU’s eastern regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine: Strong regions for a safe Europe

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Amendment 9

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Recital -A (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
– whereas the competitiveness of European agriculture plays a key role in the European Union’s strategic autonomy, in particular with regard to its food security and sovereignty and to its territorial, social and economic cohesion,

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Amendment 10

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Recital -A a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
– whereas the number of young farmers continues to fall in the European Union, from around 1.1 million in 2016 to 960 000 in 2023,

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Amendment 11

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Recital A

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
A. whereas the average age of EU farmers rose from 55 in 2010 to 57 in 2020;A. whereas the average age of EU farmers rose from 55 in 2010 to 57 in 2020, and in some Member States is over 65;

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Amendment 12

Sakis Arnaoutoglou

Motion for a resolution

Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Aa. whereas 57% of farm managers in the Union are over 55 years of age, while only 12% are under 40, demonstrating the urgent need to accelerate generational renewal in agriculture; whereas young farmers ensure the continuity of agricultural production and bring vitality to rural areas;

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Amendment 13

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Aa. whereas 800 farms across Europe go out of business every day, and the EU lost 37 % of its farms between 2005 and 2019;

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Amendment 14

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Anna Strolenberg

Motion for a resolution

Recital B

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
B. whereas women account for only 26 % of farmers under the age of 40;B. whereas women account for only 26 % of farmers under the age of 40; whereas in 2020, only 31.6 % of farm owners in the EU were women1a, managing on average only 12 % of utilised agricultural area; whereas farms managed by women tend to be smaller than those managed by men, with lower incomes and less access to financial support;
1a Eurostat, ‘Farmers and the agricultural labour force – statistics’.

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Amendment 15

Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding, Luke Ming Flanagan

Motion for a resolution

Recital B

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
B. whereas women account for only 26 % of farmers under the age of 40;B. whereas women account for only 26 % of farmers under the age of 40, reflecting persistent structural gender inequalities in access to land, capital, succession rights and decision-making within the agricultural sector, despite the objectives of the CAP on gender equality and generational renewal;

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Amendment 16

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Recital B a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Ba. whereas women in agriculture still face more structural inequalities than men, particularly as regards maternity, parental leave and business continuity; whereas the lack of decent support measures and temporary relief services during maternity is a major obstacle to young farmers, adversely affects their chances of remaining in the sector and discourages new generations of women in farming, and thus has a direct impact on generational renewal and the long-term sustainability of rural areas;

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Amendment 17

Esther Herranz García

Motion for a resolution

Recital B a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Ba. whereas the work carried out by spouses and other female family members on farms is often ‘invisible work’, in the sense that it is not officially recognised and therefore does not provide social security cover or other rights to those concerned; whereas the situation regarding social security cover varies considerably between Member States;

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Amendment 18

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Anna Strolenberg

Motion for a resolution

Recital B a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Ba. whereas the smaller average size of women-run farms on average, and their generally more environmentally focused and diversified models of production, also hinder their access to bank loans1a; whereas, nevertheless, these characteristics make their farms more resilient to climatic and market variations and make it easier to hand over farm ownership;
1a Tourtelier, C. et al., ‘Influence of gender on the development of sustainable agriculture in France’, Journal of Rural Studies, Vol. 101, July 2023.

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Amendment 19

Benoit Cassart, Asger Christensen, Christine Singer, Jérémy Decerle, Charles Goerens

Motion for a resolution

Recital B a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Ba. whereas over the past 20 years, the European Union lost 37% of its farmers;

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Amendment 20

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Anna Strolenberg

Motion for a resolution

Recital B b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Bb. whereas women continue to be significantly under-represented in decision-making processes that affect them, and in farm management and leadership positions in agribusiness, agricultural cooperatives, trade unions and municipal governments1a;
1a Bas-Defossez F. and Pagnon J., ‘What is the link between gender equality and agriculture sustainability?’, Institute for European Environmental Policy, September 2021.

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Amendment 21

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Anna Strolenberg

Motion for a resolution

Recital B c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Bc. whereas rising prices, short-term contracts land grabbing and speculative acquisitions makes access to agricultural land increasingly difficult for new farmers; whereas women face additional difficulties, whether because of traditional inheritance practices, discrimination or a lack of legal advice;

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Amendment 22

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Cristina Guarda

Motion for a resolution

Recital B d (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Bd. whereas, according to Eurostat data, around 21% of organic farms in the EU are managed by farmers under the age of 40, compared to only 12% on conventional farms1a, and whereas studies at national level show that among new entrants over 60% choose organic or agroecological production models1b;
1a Eurostat, 'Fully organic farms in the EU', March 2024 ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Fully_organic_farms_in_the_EU
1b CASP, 'Generational change in agriculture: Comparative analysis of businesses run by young farmers in selected EU countries', 2026

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Amendment 23

Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding, Luke Ming Flanagan

Motion for a resolution

Recital C

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
C. whereas between 2010 and 2023, the number of farms managed by farmers under the age of 35 fell by 47 %;C. whereas between 2010 and 2023, the number of farms managed by farmers under the age of 35 fell by 47 %, illustrating a severe and ongoing failure of generational renewal in the EU agricultural sector, driven by barriers related to land access, income instability, insufficient CAP support and lack of rural infrastructure;

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Amendment 24

Maria Walsh, Daniel Buda, Wouter Beke, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Stefan Köhler, Pekka Toveri, Marta Wcisło, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Recital C a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Ca. Whereas between 2010 and 2023 around 3.6 million farms exited the sector, a decline of around 26%. 1a
1a European Parliament, Policy Department of Directorate for Regional Development, Agriculture and Fisheries: Generational change in agriculture, 2026

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Amendment 25

Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Pekka Toveri, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Recital C b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Cb. Whereas between 2010 and 2023, the number of farms managed by farmers below the age of 35 declined by 47%, from around 905 000 to 483 000; 1b
1b European Parliament, Policy Department for Regional Development, Agriculture and Fisheries, Generational change in agriculture, 2026

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Amendment 26

Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Pekka Toveri, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Recital C c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Cc. Whereas farmers under the age of 39 account for 8.6% of male farmers and only 2.2% of female farmers, due to structural barriers to entry and succession; 1c
1c European Parliamentary Research Service, Women in agriculture in the EU, 2026

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Amendment 27

Mireia Borrás Pabón

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Da. whereas the economic viability of farms is a prerequisite and essential condition for generational renewal; whereas no measures relating to access to land, funding or succession can replace the structural conditions for profitability that make it attractive for young people to enter the sector; whereas trade agreements with third countries that do not meet the same health, environmental and labour standards required of European producers create unfair competition that discourages new farmers from entering the sector;

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Amendment 28

Georgiana Teodorescu

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Da. whereas due to specific historical circumstances in Eastern Member States, including the legacy of land nationalization and subsequent post-communist land privatization, agricultural structures suffered from extreme fragmentation; whereas the merging and consolidation of agricultural plots in these regions has been a structural necessity to rebuild competitive, economically viable farms capable of ensuring food security, and must be clearly distinguished from speculative practices or predatory land grabbing;

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Amendment 29

Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Valérie Deloge, Gilles Pennelle

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Da. whereas the European Court of Auditors, in its special report 10/2017, made a formal finding that the EU’s financial support for young farmers has historically been poorly targeted and has not delivered a convincing return on investment; whereas injections of public funding cannot in and of themselves compensate for the structural deficiencies affecting European farm profitability;

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Amendment 30

Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding, Luke Ming Flanagan

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Da. E. whereas according to European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), agriculture remains one of the most hazardous sectors in the EU, with fatal accident rates approximately 2 to 3 times higher than the EU average, and with growing evidence of elevated psychosocial risks, including stress, isolation and mental health challenges affecting farmers across Member States;

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Amendment 31

Sakis Arnaoutoglou

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Da. whereas farming remains relatively low paid, with average agricultural income still amounting to only 58% of the average income in the rest of the economy in 2023, despite increases over recent decades;

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Amendment 32

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Da. whereas farmers are among the most affected by climate change and biodiversity loss, both economically – notably due to natural disasters, water scarcity, soil impoverishment and loss of functional ecosystem services – and socially, as climate change poses additional direct and indirect threats to the health and well-being of rural populations;

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Amendment 33

Claire Fita, Eric Sargiacomo

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Da. Whereas the development of organic and agroecological farming provides an important lever for attractiveness for young people and new entrants, due to its economic, environmental and social added value;

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Amendment 34

Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Benoit Cassart, Charles Goerens

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Da. whereas the European Union strategy on generational renewal has set a target of increasing the proportion of young farmers to 24% by 2040, in order to reverse the demographic decline in the agricultural sector;

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Amendment 35

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Da. whereas overall agricultural income remains significantly lower than the average income across all other economic sectors (60 % of average salaries in 2023);

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Amendment 36

Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Pekka Toveri, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Da. whereas the EU Strategy on Generational Renewal established the objective of reaching 24% young farmers by 2040 as a benchmark for reversing the demographic decline of the agricultural sector;

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Amendment 37

Benoit Cassart, Asger Christensen, Christine Singer, Jérémy Decerle, Charles Goerens

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Da. whereas young farmers face numerous challenges during their installation such as difficulty to access to land and credits, as well as high initial investments in infrastructures;

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Amendment 38

Katarína Roth Neveďalová

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Da. whereas farm concentration and land concentration have accelerated in many Member States, creating additional barriers for young farmers and new entrants;

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Amendment 39

Esther Herranz García

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Da. whereas policies aimed at reversing the trends shown by the figures have proven unsuccessful;

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Amendment 40

Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Valérie Deloge, Gilles Pennelle

Motion for a resolution

Recital D b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Db. whereas, in accordance with the principles of subsidiarity and Regulations (EU) 2021/2115 and (EU) 2021/2116 governing the current common agricultural policy, the drafting of strategic plans and the allocation and management of funding are the prerogative of the Member States; whereas it is vital to retain this national flexibility in order to allow the Member States to respond effectively to the realities of the situation within their borders and to redirect funding in the event of unforeseen crises;

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Amendment 41

Sakis Arnaoutoglou

Motion for a resolution

Recital D b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Db. whereas barriers to entering the agricultural sector remain high, particularly for young farmers and new entrants without family assets or inherited land;

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Amendment 42

Esther Herranz García

Motion for a resolution

Recital D b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Db. whereas, without generational renewal in rural areas, the future of these areas and of the various economic sectors operating there – particularly the primary sector – is at risk;

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Amendment 43

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Anna Strolenberg

Motion for a resolution

Recital D b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Db. whereas a lack of or poor access to healthcare, water services, transport, digital infrastructure, internet, education, eldercare and childcare services and recreational and cultural activities is particularly problematic in rural regions as places to live and work, especially for women, young people and ageing populations, and limits economic and educational opportunities;

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Amendment 44

Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Recital D b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Db. Whereas compared to other sectors of the economy, agriculture has one of the lowest proportions of workers under the age of 40 (31%) and one of the highest proportion of workers over 65 years old (7%); 1d
1d European Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, Analytical Brief No 10, Young Farmers in the EU Agriculture

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Amendment 45

Claire Fita, Eric Sargiacomo

Motion for a resolution

Recital D b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Db. Whereas cooperative farming models facilitate access to land, capital, mechanisation and the sharing of working time and on-call work ;

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Amendment 46

Katarína Roth Neveďalová

Motion for a resolution

Recital D b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Db. whereas rising farmland prices and speculative investment funds are increasingly disconnecting land values from agricultural productivity;

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Amendment 47

Esther Herranz García

Motion for a resolution

Recital D c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Dc. whereas maintaining economic activity and the socio-economic fabric of rural areas and the agricultural sector is key to the EU’s strategic and food autonomy;

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Amendment 48

Esther Herranz García

Motion for a resolution

Recital D c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Dc. whereas young farmers often bring with them investment in research, development and innovation on their farms, committing to digitalisation and innovation as drivers of greater productivity;

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Amendment 49

Claire Fita, Eric Sargiacomo

Motion for a resolution

Recital D c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Dc. Whereas people from non-agricultural backgrounds, as well as women, face specific obstacles in accessing land, credit, information and professional recognition

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Amendment 50

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital D c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Dc. whereas rural areas have the highest share (12.6 %) of young people aged 15-29 not in employment, education or training1a;
1a Commission communication of 27 March 2024 entitled ‘The long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas: key achievements and ways forward’ (COM(2024)0450).

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Amendment 51

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Cristina Guarda

Motion for a resolution

Recital D d (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Dd. whereas collective and cooperative farming structures, which allow young and new entrants to share land, work and costs and lower the financial risks of starting a farm, remain unevenly supported across Member States and are not always adequately recognised in CAP eligibility criteria, limiting their potential as a tool for generational renewal;

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Amendment 52

Esther Herranz García

Motion for a resolution

Recital D d (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Dd. whereas the current situation in European agriculture and the exodus of young people from rural areas pose a serious challenge to the common agricultural policy and to cohesion policy, which should ensure the development of rural areas while at the same time enhancing their potential;

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Amendment 53

Claire Fita, Eric Sargiacomo

Motion for a resolution

Recital D d (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Dd. Whereas the lack of a stable and fair income through fair prices is the main barrier for young people to entering farming ;

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Amendment 54

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Cristina Guarda

Motion for a resolution

Recital D e (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
De. whereas more than 50% of loan applications by young farmers are declined by banks due to policy restrictions, compared to 32% for older farmers, and whereas almost 30% of rejected young farmers are classified as high-risk, pointing to a structural market failure that cannot be addressed through credit facilitation alone and requires dedicated public intervention1a;
1a agriculture.ec.europa.eu/media/news/access-finance-remains-insufficient-farmers-and-agri-food-smes-2023-10-12_en

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Amendment 55

Claire Fita, Eric Sargiacomo

Motion for a resolution

Recital D e (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
De. Whereas more than half of farm land is rented and that younger generations are more frequently tenants of the fields they cultivate ;

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Amendment 56

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Cristina Guarda, Anna Strolenberg

Motion for a resolution

Recital D f (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
Df. whereas the Commission is expected to present a communication on the right to stay by the end of 2026; whereas this right should be understood as guaranteeing to people, in particular young people, women and disadvantaged groups, the possibility to build a dignified life in every place across the Union, with access to quality essential services in a sustainable and resilient environment;

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Amendment 57

Luke Ming Flanagan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
1. Stresses that generational renewal is essential to ensuring the resilience and competitiveness of EU agriculture and safeguarding food security;1. Stresses that generational renewal is essential to ensuring the resilience and economic sustainability of EU agriculture and safeguarding food sovereignty, points out the issue of generational renewal is a symptom and an outcome of decades of agricultural policy that encouraged and incentivised intensive unsustainable agricultural production systems that had a sole focus on output and failed to ensure a fair income for farmers trapping them in a relentless cycle of long hours and unsafe working conditions that are unattractive to the younger generation;

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Amendment 58

Carmen Crespo Díaz, Maria Walsh

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
1. Stresses that generational renewal is essential to ensuring the resilience and competitiveness of EU agriculture and safeguarding food security;1. Stresses that generational renewal is essential to ensuring the resilience, competitiveness and food self-sufficiency of EU agriculture; emphasises that such renewal will only be possible if farming offers profitability, legal certainty, economic stability and decent living conditions in rural areas;

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Amendment 59

André Franqueira Rodrigues

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
1. Stresses that generational renewal is essential to ensuring the resilience and competitiveness of EU agriculture and safeguarding food security;1. Stresses that generational renewal is essential to ensuring the resilience and competitiveness of EU agriculture, safeguarding food security, strengthening the Union’s strategic autonomy, preserving rural communities and promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion;

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Amendment 60

Sebastian Everding

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
1. Stresses that generational renewal is essential to ensuring the resilience and competitiveness of EU agriculture and safeguarding food security;1. Stresses that generational renewal is essential to ensuring the resilience, ethical and sustainable innovation and the competitiveness of EU agriculture and safeguarding food security;

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Amendment 61

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
1. Stresses that generational renewal is essential to ensuring the resilience and competitiveness of EU agriculture and safeguarding food security;1. Stresses that generational renewal is essential to ensuring the resilience and competitiveness of EU agriculture and safeguarding food security; emphasises also that generational renewal is crucial to strengthening the European Union’s strategic autonomy, reducing external dependence in critical sectors and factors of production, to bolstering European production capacity, and to strengthening the robustness and resilience of agri-food supply chains in the face of geopolitical, economic and climate crises;

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Amendment 62

Esther Herranz García

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
1. Stresses that generational renewal is essential to ensuring the resilience and competitiveness of EU agriculture and safeguarding food security;1. Stresses that generational renewal is essential to ensuring the resilience and competitiveness of EU agriculture and safeguarding food security; warns that abandoning farms constitutes a collective failure that makes it more difficult to reopen them later than it would be to continue operating them;

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Amendment 63

Katarína Roth Neveďalová

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
1. Stresses that generational renewal is essential to ensuring the resilience and competitiveness of EU agriculture and safeguarding food security;1. Stresses that generational renewal is essential to ensuring the resilience, sustainability, territorial cohesion, food sovereignty and competitiveness of EU agriculture and safeguarding food security;

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Amendment 64

Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Benoit Cassart, Charles Goerens

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
1. Stresses that generational renewal is essential to ensuring the resilience and competitiveness of EU agriculture and safeguarding food security;1. Stresses that generational renewal is essential to ensuring the resilience and competitiveness of EU agriculture and safeguarding food security thereby contributing to the Union's strategic autonomy;

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Amendment 65

Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
1. Stresses that generational renewal is essential to ensuring the resilience and competitiveness of EU agriculture and safeguarding food security;1. Stresses that generational renewal is essential to ensuring the resilience and competitiveness of EU agriculture and safeguarding food sovereignty and security in the long term;

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Amendment 66

Marko Vešligaj, André Franqueira Rodrigues

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
1. Stresses that generational renewal is essential to ensuring the resilience and competitiveness of EU agriculture and safeguarding food security;1. Stresses that generational renewal is essential to ensuring the resilience and competitiveness of EU agriculture and safeguarding food security, as well as rural development;

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Amendment 67

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
1a. Notes that generational renewal in agriculture depends on the right to stay being supported and implemented through out EU and national policies;

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Amendment 68

Mireia Borrás Pabón

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
1a. Emphasises that generational renewal cannot be guaranteed without a foreign trade policy that safeguards the competitiveness of the European agricultural model;

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Amendment 69

Marta Wcisło

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
1a. Stresses that the challenge of generational renewal is particularly acute in eastern border regions of the Union, where farmers face additional constraints linked to security concerns, disrupted trade flows, depopulation and limited investment opportunities;

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Amendment 70

Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Marta Wcisło, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
1a. Stresses that the challenge of generational renewal is particularly acute in labour-intensive sectors, such as livestock farming, on smaller farms, and in remote, mountainous and hill areas, outermost regions and islands; calls for targeted support and particular attention to be given to these sectors and territories, taking into account their specific constraints and recognising their essential contribution to food production, territorial cohesion and rural vitality;

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Amendment 71

Carmen Crespo Díaz, Maria Walsh

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
1a. Emphasises that generational renewal cannot be approached from a purely theoretical perspective, but must be considered in the light of the sector’s actual economic conditions;

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Amendment 72

Emma Wiesner, Asger Christensen, Jérémy Decerle, Michal Wiezik

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
1a. Underlines that long-term farm profitability is fundamental for making agriculture an attractive and viable career for young farmers and new entrants to the sector; without viable profit margins and the possibility of accumulating capital, young farmers and new entrants cannot build sustainable business case for succession or invest in modernisation of their operations;

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Amendment 73

Mireia Borrás Pabón

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
1b. Calls on the Commission to effectively apply the principle of reciprocity in trade agreements with third countries, ensuring that imported products meet the same health, environmental and labour standards as those required of producers in the Union, as a necessary condition for European agriculture to remain economically attractive to future generations;

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Amendment 74

Marta Wcisło

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
1b. Calls for targeted support and particular attention to be given to these territories, recognising their strategic role in food production, territorial cohesion and the resilience of rural communities on the Union’s external borders;

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Amendment 75

Carmen Crespo Díaz, Maria Walsh

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
1b. Insists that a lack of profitability, price volatility, rising costs, red tape, climate uncertainty and competition from products from third countries are factors that discourage young people from taking up farming;

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Amendment 76

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
2. Warns that the proposed reduction of the 2028-2034 common agricultural policy (CAP) budget risks undermining generational renewal; stresses that attracting and retaining young farmers requires dedicated funding;2. Warns that the European Commission’s proposed reduction of the 2028-2034 common agricultural policy (CAP) budget risks undermining generational renewal; stresses that attracting and retaining young farmers requires dedicated funding; therefore welcomes the European Parliament’s negotiating position of advocating a budget allocation for the CAP of EUR 433 billion, of which EUR 320.30 billion is for direct payments and EUR 106.41 billion for rural development, and a financial envelope for POSEI of EUR 7.33 billion;

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Amendment 77

Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Benoit Cassart, Charles Goerens

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
2. Warns that the proposed reduction of the 2028-2034 common agricultural policy (CAP) budget risks undermining generational renewal; stresses that attracting and retaining young farmers requires dedicated funding;2. Warns that the reduction of the 2028-2034 common agricultural policy (CAP) budget proposed by the Commission risks undermining generational renewal; stresses that attracting and retaining young farmers requires dedicated funding; recalls the position adopted by the European Parliament on 28 April 2026, which provides for an increase in the CAP budget to EUR 433.01 billion in current prices;

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Amendment 78

Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding, Luke Ming Flanagan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
2. Warns that the proposed reduction of the 2028-2034 common agricultural policy (CAP) budget risks undermining generational renewal; stresses that attracting and retaining young farmers requires dedicated funding;2. Warns that the proposed reduction of the 2028-2034 common agricultural policy (CAP) budget risks undermining generational renewal, given that nearly a third of European farmers are over 65 and that access to land, credit and a stable income already constitutes a major obstacle to setting up in farming; stresses that a reduction in start-up aid, income support and agricultural investment would primarily undermine young farmers and accelerate the concentration of farms in favour of larger operations; stresses that attracting and retaining young farmers requires dedicated, ambitious and accessible funding;

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Amendment 79

Esther Herranz García

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
2. Warns that the proposed reduction of the 2028-2034 common agricultural policy (CAP) budget risks undermining generational renewal; stresses that attracting and retaining young farmers requires dedicated funding;2. Warns that the proposed reduction of the 2028-2034 common agricultural policy (CAP) budget risks undermining generational renewal; stresses that attracting and retaining young farmers requires dedicated funding sufficient to achieve these objectives;

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Amendment 80

Cristina Maestre

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
2. Warns that the proposed reduction of the 2028-2034 common agricultural policy (CAP) budget risks undermining generational renewal; stresses that attracting and retaining young farmers requires dedicated funding;2. Warns that the proposed reduction of the 2028-2034 common agricultural policy (CAP) budget risks undermining generational renewal; stresses that attracting and retaining young farmers requires dedicated and binding funding;

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Amendment 81

Camilla Laureti

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
2. Warns that the proposed reduction of the 2028-2034 common agricultural policy (CAP) budget risks undermining generational renewal; stresses that attracting and retaining young farmers requires dedicated funding;2. Warns that the proposed reduction of the 2028-2034 common agricultural policy (CAP) budget risks undermining generational renewal; stresses that attracting and retaining young farmers requires dedicated and stable funding;

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Amendment 82

Katarína Roth Neveďalová

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
2a. Notes that persistent disparities in direct payment levels between Member States can undermine the attractiveness and economic viability of farming for young farmers in certain regions of the Union;

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Amendment 83

Luis-Vicențiu Lazarus

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
2a. Stresses that the Member States must be given sufficient flexibility in the use of funds dedicated to generational renewal so that support can be tailored to the structure of national agricultural holdings and the specific needs of farmers in each Member State;

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Amendment 84

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
2a. Notes that hectare-based income support tends to lead to land concentration, which decreases the number of farmers and renders farms more difficult to transmit; welcomes in this regard the Commission’s proposal to introduce capping and degressive area-based income support in the CAP;

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Amendment 85

Katarína Roth Neveďalová

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
2b. Calls on the Commission to continue the process of external convergence in the next CAP in order to support balanced generational renewal across the EU;

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Amendment 86

Katarína Roth Neveďalová

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
2b. Notes that small and medium-sized farms play a key role in maintaining rural employment, social cohesion and balanced territorial development;

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Amendment 87

Katarína Roth Neveďalová

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
2c. Calls for generational renewal measures to be accessible and attractive to farms of all sizes;

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Amendment 88

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
3. Regrets that the ambition of the generational renewal strategy is not reflected in the CAP proposals; calls for 10 % of the post-2027 CAP budget to be ring-fenced for young farmers and generational renewal;3. Regrets that the ambition of the generational renewal strategy is not reflected in the CAP proposals; calls for 10 % of the post-2027 CAP budget to be ring-fenced for young farmers and generational renewal; calls for an increase in the amounts of support for initial setting-up and for the application of specific top-ups to investment support rates; considers that these measures are essential to offset the high costs of entry into the agricultural sector; believes that more ambitious levels of support will help to reduce barriers to investment, speed up generational renewal and make farming more attractive to younger generations;

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Amendment 89

Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Valérie Deloge, Gilles Pennelle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
3. Regrets that the ambition of the generational renewal strategy is not reflected in the CAP proposals; calls for 10 % of the post-2027 CAP budget to be ring-fenced for young farmers and generational renewal;3. Recalls, in keeping with the conclusions of the European Court of Auditors, that indiscriminate increases in funding and enforced targeting of this funding do not in any way guarantee the efficiency of renewal; calls for the setting of an indicative and flexible target of 10 % of the post-2027 CAP budget for young farmers and generational renewal, while ensuring the flexibility necessary for Member States to redirect this funding in the event of health crises or major climate hazards;

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Amendment 90

Carmen Crespo Díaz

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
3. Regrets that the ambition of the generational renewal strategy is not reflected in the CAP proposals; calls for 10 % of the post-2027 CAP budget to be ring-fenced for young farmers and generational renewal;3. Warns that the ambition of the generational renewal strategy is not sufficiently reflected in the CAP proposals; calls for the post-2027 CAP to clearly and specifically strengthen support for young farmers and generational renewal, including support for income, setting-up, investment, access to land, succession, advice and complementary tax and financial incentives, without undermining the direct payments and associated support that are essential for the livestock sector and vulnerable sectors;

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Amendment 91

Katarína Roth Neveďalová

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
3. Regrets that the ambition of the generational renewal strategy is not reflected in the CAP proposals; calls for 10 % of the post-2027 CAP budget to be ring-fenced for young farmers and generational renewal;3. Regrets that the ambition of the generational renewal strategy is not reflected in the new CAP proposals; calls for 15 % of the post-2027 CAP budget to be ring-fenced for young farmers and generational renewal;

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Amendment 92

Esther Herranz García

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
3. Regrets that the ambition of the generational renewal strategy is not reflected in the CAP proposals; calls for 10 % of the post-2027 CAP budget to be ring-fenced for young farmers and generational renewal;3. Regrets that the ambition of the generational renewal strategy is not reflected in the CAP proposals; calls for 10 % of the post-2027 CAP budget to be ring-fenced for young farmers and generational renewal; points out that this funding must be accompanied by structural policies that encourage young people to stay in and return to rural areas;

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Amendment 93

Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding, Luke Ming Flanagan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
3. Regrets that the ambition of the generational renewal strategy is not reflected in the CAP proposals; calls for 10 % of the post-2027 CAP budget to be ring-fenced for young farmers and generational renewal;3. Regrets that the ambition of the generational renewal strategy is not reflected in the CAP proposals; calls for 10 % of the post-2027 CAP budget to be ring-fenced for young farmers and generational renewal, regrets that the proposed ring-fencing will remain insufficient without maintaining an ambitious overall CAP budget indexed to inflation.

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Amendment 94

Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Benoit Cassart

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
3. Regrets that the ambition of the generational renewal strategy is not reflected in the CAP proposals; calls for 10 % of the post-2027 CAP budget to be ring-fenced for young farmers and generational renewal;3. Regrets that the ambition of the generational renewal strategy is not reflected in the CAP proposals; calls for 10 % of the post-2027 CAP budget to be ring-fenced for interventions in favour of young farmers and generational renewal as outlined in the starter pack for young farmers;

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Amendment 95

André Franqueira Rodrigues

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
3. Regrets that the ambition of the generational renewal strategy is not reflected in the CAP proposals; calls for 10 % of the post-2027 CAP budget to be ring-fenced for young farmers and generational renewal;3. Regrets that the ambition of the generational renewal strategy is not reflected in the CAP proposals; calls for 10 % of the post-2027 CAP budget to be ring-fenced for young farmers and generational renewal to ensure equal opportunities for young farmers across the entire Union;

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Amendment 96

Maria Grapini

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
3. Regrets that the ambition of the generational renewal strategy is not reflected in the CAP proposals; calls for 10 % of the post-2027 CAP budget to be ring-fenced for young farmers and generational renewal;3. Regrets that the ambition of the generational renewal strategy is not reflected in the CAP proposals; calls for at least 10 % of the post-2027 CAP budget to be ring-fenced for young farmers and generational renewal, to ensure continuity of agricultural activity;

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Amendment 97

Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
3. Regrets that the ambition of the generational renewal strategy is not reflected in the CAP proposals; calls for 10 % of the post-2027 CAP budget to be ring-fenced for young farmers and generational renewal;3. Regrets that the ambition of the generational renewal strategy is not reflected in the CAP proposals; calls for at least 10 % of the post-2027 CAP budget to be ring-fenced for young farmers and generational renewal;

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Amendment 98

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
3a. Emphasises that CAP support should prioritise active farmers who are genuinely engaged in farming and make a tangible contribution to food production, food security, environmental protection and the vitality of rural areas;

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Amendment 99

Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Gilles Pennelle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
3a. Stresses the need to ensure that CAP support is granted to true and active farmers, whose agricultural activity constitutes their predominant professional activity and who therefore contribute to food production, food security, environmental protection and the vitality of rural areas;

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Amendment 100

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
3b. Calls on the Commission to better define what constitutes an ‘active farmer’, to make this definition mandatory at EU level and to ensure that it is applied consistently for the purposes of the CAP;

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Amendment 101

Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Gilles Pennelle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
3b. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the definition of ‘active farmer’ and make it mandatory across the Union, ensuring its inclusion in all CAP Plans; emphasises that such a definition should be based on objective and non-discriminatory criteria, such as the share of income derived from agricultural activities or the proportion of working time dedicated to farming, while allowing Member States sufficient flexibility to adapt these criteria to national agricultural structures and specificities in order to identify farmers for whom agriculture represents the principal activity;

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Amendment 102

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
3c. Stresses that this definition should be based on objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria and take account, inter alia, of the proportion of income generated by farming activities, the amount of time actually spent on farming and the degree of involvement in managing a farm, while affording the Member States enough flexibility to adapt these criteria to the specific characteristics of their farming systems;

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Amendment 103

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 d (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
3d. Points out that a better definition of an active farmer would help to ensure that public support is more focused on those who genuinely depend on farming and encourage generational renewal in the sector;

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Amendment 104

Katarína Roth Neveďalová

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
3a. Stresses that generational renewal should not be understood as a competition between generations of farmers; underlines that young entrants and established farmers have common interests in securing a strong CAP, fair incomes and vibrant rural communities; calls for adequate funding that supports both farm succession and the long-term viability of existing family farms;

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Amendment 105

Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Marta Wcisło, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
3a. Stresses that interventions supporting generational renewal should be appropriately reflected in the future National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPPs) and in the performance framework, including through relevant expenditure tracking coefficients and performance indicators;

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Amendment 106

Csaba Dömötör

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
3a. Stresses that no strategy, action paper or any other initiative could compensate for the proposed cut by the European Commission in the CAP budget.

Or. en

Amendment 107

Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Tomáš Kubín, Gilles Pennelle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
3b. Stresses the importance of maintaining a clear distinction between ‘young farmers’ and ‘new entrants’ above the age of 40 for the purpose of dedicated funds and support measures targeting young farmers, thereby ensuring that resources specifically allocated to generational renewal and youth support remain reserved only for young farmers;

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Amendment 108

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
3b. Urges the Member States to develop flexible and targeted measures to ensure that farming businesses are inherited, transferred and acquired, including by young farmers, while paying due regard to national characteristics and agricultural structures;

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Amendment 109

Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding, Luke Ming Flanagan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
4. Stresses that effective generational renewal requires an integrated approach linking CAP support with policies on land, finance, succession, education and rural services;4. Stresses that effective generational renewal requires an integrated approach linking CAP support with policies on land reform, finance, succession, education and rural services; stresses, in this regard, that keeping families in rural areas is inextricably linked to effective access to high-quality local services, in particular healthcare, transport, childcare, housing and digital infrastructure;

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Amendment 110

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
4. Stresses that effective generational renewal requires an integrated approach linking CAP support with policies on land, finance, succession, education and rural services;4. Stresses that effective generational renewal requires a cross-cutting and integrated approach that goes beyond the common agricultural policy and links together policies on land, finance, taxation, education, social affairs, farm succession and rural development; argues that this objective should be consistently incorporated into the Union’s main policies and financial instruments, including the future European Competitiveness Fund, the forthcoming Horizon Europe programme and the cohesion policy funds;

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Amendment 111

Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
4. Stresses that effective generational renewal requires an integrated approach linking CAP support with policies on land, finance, succession, education and rural services;4. Stresses that effective generational renewal requires an integrated approach linking CAP support with policies on land, finance succession, education, rural services, taxation, the fair functioning of the food supply chain and regulatory stability, so that young farmers may develop viable long-term business projects under predictable economic and legal conditions;

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Amendment 112

Cristina Maestre

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
4. Stresses that effective generational renewal requires an integrated approach linking CAP support with policies on land, finance, succession, education and rural services;4. Stresses that effective generational renewal requires an integrated approach linking CAP support with policies on land, finance, succession, education as well as measures to revitalise rural areas, ensuring access to basic services ;

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Amendment 113

Maria Grapini

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
4. Stresses that effective generational renewal requires an integrated approach linking CAP support with policies on land, finance, succession, education and rural services;4. Stresses that effective generational renewal requires an integrated approach linking CAP support with policies on land, finance, succession, agricultural education and access to healthcare services;

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Amendment 114

André Franqueira Rodrigues

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
4. Stresses that effective generational renewal requires an integrated approach linking CAP support with policies on land, finance, succession, education and rural services;4. Stresses that effective generational renewal requires an integrated approach linking CAP support with policies on land, finance, succession, education and rural services; calls for stronger coordination between the CAP, cohesion policy and other Union policies and funds to ensure that rural territories have the essential services, infrastructure and living conditions needed to attract and retain young farmers, young people and families;

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Amendment 115

Sakis Arnaoutoglou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
4. Stresses that effective generational renewal requires an integrated approach linking CAP support with policies on land, finance, succession, education and rural services;4. Stresses that effective generational renewal requires an integrated approach linking CAP support with policies on land, finance, succession, education, housing, healthcare, digital connectivity and rural services; underlines that the CAP alone cannot solve the issue of generational renewal, as several key barriers fall outside its scope or depend on national and regional policies;

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Amendment 116

Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Benoit Cassart, Charles Goerens

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
4. Stresses that effective generational renewal requires an integrated approach linking CAP support with policies on land, finance, succession, education and rural services;4. Stresses that effective generational renewal requires an integrated approach linking CAP support with policies on land, finance, taxation succession, legal certainty, women's participation in agriculture, administrative proportionality, education and rural services;

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Amendment 117

Veronika Vrecionová, Georgiana Teodorescu, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Jessika van Leeuwen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
4. Stresses that effective generational renewal requires an integrated approach linking CAP support with policies on land, finance, succession, education and rural services;4. Stresses that effective generational renewal requires an integrated and practical approach linking CAP support with policies on land, finance, succession, education, veterinary services and rural services;

Or. en

Amendment 118

Katarína Roth Neveďalová

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
4. Stresses that effective generational renewal requires an integrated approach linking CAP support with policies on land, finance, succession, education and rural services;4. Stresses that effective generational renewal requires an integrated approach linking CAP support with policies on land, finance, succession, education and rural services; stresses that access to affordable housing, healthcare, childcare and public transport must form part of this integrated approach;

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Amendment 119

Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding, Luke Ming Flanagan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
4 a. calls for the creation of a fund dedicated to early childhood in rural areas and the protection of local schools as structural prerequisites for generational renewal; further emphasises that these policies must incorporate a gender equality objective, as the burden of childcare still falls predominantly on women, and calls for increased support for female entrepreneurship in rural areas, in particular through the introduction of interest-free loans;

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Amendment 120

Alexander Bernhuber

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
4a. Stresses that many of the key levers for generational renewal, in particular land law, inheritance law and tax law, spatial planning, social welfare and agricultural education and training, fall within the competence of the Member States and the regions; stresses, therefore, that successful generational renewal requires decisive action at national and regional level, and that the EU framework can only supplement and create incentives for national reforms, but cannot serve as a replacement for them; calls on the Member States to ensure that their national generational renewal strategies are accompanied by specific, measurable and time-bound measures and evaluated regularly;

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Amendment 121

Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Tomáš Kubín, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Gilles Pennelle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
4a. Calls on the Member States and regional authorities to ensure predictable, transparent and sufficiently frequent calls for applications under CAP and rural development measures, with adequate opening periods and clear timetables;

Or. en

Amendment 122

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
4a. Highlights that generational renewal in farming is closely linked to the development of rural areas; calls on the Commission to develop a measurable rural strategy;

Or. en

Amendment 123

Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
4a. regrets the current absence of strong measures aimed at organizing production balances, including geographically;

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Amendment 124

Katarína Roth Neveďalová

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
4a. Stresses that successful generational renewal requires economically viable farms capable of being transferred to the next generation; calls for measures that strengthen the long-term resilience and profitability of existing family farms alongside support for young farmers;

Or. en

Amendment 125

Ciaran Mullooly, Jérémy Decerle, Christine Singer

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
4a. Stresses that achieving generational renewal requires a comprehensive approach addressing succession planning, taxation, legal certainty, women’s participation in agriculture, administrative proportionality and continuity of support for young farmers and new entrants;

Or. en

Amendment 126

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
4a. Calls for action to systematically assess and improve the extent to which all future agricultural, rural and food policies contribute to generational renewal and the attractiveness of farming in the long term;

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Amendment 127

Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Tomáš Kubín, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Gilles Pennelle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
4b. Stresses that delays or excessively restrictive application windows can create significant economic losses, investment uncertainty and administrative burdens for young farmers, whose business development and establishment plans often do not coincide with the timing of public administration procedures;

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Amendment 128

Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
4b. stresses that generational renewal in agriculture can provide an opportunity to support such measures, notably through the implementation of contracts for the future addressing this need to further organize production balances, at both national and European levels;

Or. en

Amendment 129

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
4b. Calls on the Member States and the regional authorities to ensure that calls for proposals under the CAP and rural development measures are predictable and transparent and are published on a regular enough basis, including suitable application periods and clear and accessible time frames;

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Amendment 130

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
4b. Emphasises the urgent need to include rural areas in EU strategies, particularly the incorporation of a rural dimension in relevant policies, such as budgetary, climate, digital, transport and innovation policies, in order to achieve integrated, sustainable development;

Or. en

Amendment 131

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
4c. Calls for a dedicated rural sub-chapter in each relevant chapter of Member States’ NRP plans;

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Amendment 132

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
4c. Emphasises that delays, a lack of procedural certainty or excessively short time frames can undermine business planning, generate additional costs and disincentivise investments by young farmers and new entrants, whose business needs and production cycles are often out of step with the time frames of administrative procedures; stresses the importance, therefore, of more expeditious and efficient programming, as it is essential for encouraging generational renewal in the agricultural sector;

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Amendment 133

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
5. Calls for the specific situation of islands, mountain areas and uplands, outermost regions and areas with natural or structural constraints to be fully recognised in addressing generational renewal;5. Calls for the specific situation of islands, mountain areas and uplands, outermost regions and areas with natural or structural constraints to be fully recognised in addressing generational renewal; recognises that the social and economic situation of the outermost regions is – as enshrined in Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – exacerbated by their remoteness, insularity and small size, difficult topography and climate, and their economic dependence on a small number of products; these factors, when they persist and combine, seriously hamper their development and, as such, specific measures should be adopted aimed, in particular, at establishing the conditions for the application of the Treaties to those regions, including common policies;

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Amendment 134

Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding, Luke Ming Flanagan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
5. Calls for the specific situation of islands, mountain areas and uplands, outermost regions and areas with natural or structural constraints to be fully recognised in addressing generational renewal;5. Calls for the specific situation of islands, mountain areas and uplands, outermost regions and areas with natural or structural constraints to be fully recognised in addressing generational renewal, given the additional challenges they face in terms of remoteness, higher production and transport costs, limited access to land, training and financial services, as well as weaker access to public and rural infrastructure, all of which further hinder the installation and long-term settlement of young farmers;

Or. en

Amendment 135

Cristina Maestre

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
5. Calls for the specific situation of islands, mountain areas and uplands, outermost regions and areas with natural or structural constraints to be fully recognised in addressing generational renewal;5. Calls for the particular characteristics of each farm, as well as the specific situation of islands, mountain areas and uplands, outermost regions and areas with natural, structural or demographic constraints to be fully recognised in addressing generational renewal;

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Amendment 136

Katarína Roth Neveďalová

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
5. Calls for the specific situation of islands, mountain areas and uplands, outermost regions and areas with natural or structural constraints to be fully recognised in addressing generational renewal;5. Calls for the specific situation of islands, mountain areas and uplands, outermost regions, as well as border regions and depopulating rural areas and areas with natural or structural constraints to be fully recognised in addressing generational renewal;

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Amendment 137

André Franqueira Rodrigues

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
5. Calls for the specific situation of islands, mountain areas and uplands, outermost regions and areas with natural or structural constraints to be fully recognised in addressing generational renewal;5. Calls for the specific situation of islands, mountain areas and uplands, outermost regions and areas with natural or structural constraints to be fully recognised and targeted through tailored European responses in addressing generational renewal;

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Amendment 138

Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
5. Calls for the specific situation of islands, mountain areas and uplands, outermost regions and areas with natural or structural constraints to be fully recognised in addressing generational renewal;5. Calls for the specific situation of islands, mountain areas and uplands, regions on the Union’s eastern border, outermost regions and areas with natural or structural constraints to be fully recognised in addressing generational renewal;

Or. ro

Amendment 139

Marta Wcisło

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
5. Calls for the specific situation of islands, mountain areas and uplands, outermost regions and areas with natural or structural constraints to be fully recognised in addressing generational renewal;5. Calls for the specific situation of islands, mountain areas and uplands, outermost regions, eastern border regions, and areas with natural or structural constraints to be fully recognised in addressing generational renewal;

Or. en

Amendment 140

Peter Agius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
5. Calls for the specific situation of islands, mountain areas and uplands, outermost regions and areas with natural or structural constraints to be fully recognised in addressing generational renewal;5. Calls for the specific situation of islands, double insular regions; mountain areas and uplands, outermost regions and areas with natural or structural constraints to be fully recognised in addressing generational renewal;

Or. en

Amendment 141

Camilla Laureti

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
5. Calls for the specific situation of islands, mountain areas and uplands, outermost regions and areas with natural or structural constraints to be fully recognised in addressing generational renewal;5. Calls for the specific situation of islands, inland areas, mountain areas and uplands, outermost regions and areas with natural or structural constraints to be fully recognised in addressing generational renewal;

Or. it

Amendment 142

Marko Vešligaj, André Franqueira Rodrigues

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
5. Calls for the specific situation of islands, mountain areas and uplands, outermost regions and areas with natural or structural constraints to be fully recognised in addressing generational renewal;5. Calls for the specific situation of rural, islands, mountain areas and uplands, outermost regions and areas with natural or structural constraints to be fully recognised in addressing generational renewal;

Or. en

Amendment 143

André Franqueira Rodrigues

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
5a. Stresses that, in line with Article 349 TFEU and in connection with specific instruments such as POSEI, young farmers in outermost regions require adapted eligibility criteria, higher aid intensities, territorial top-ups and regional flexibility to offset permanent structural constraints, including remoteness, insularity, high transport and input costs, limited land availability, logistical dependence, distance from markets and weaker access to services;

Or. en

Amendment 144

Christine Singer, Asger Christensen, Charles Goerens, Barry Cowen, Ciaran Mullooly

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
5a. Stresses that generational renewal is particularly important in grassland regions, mountain areas and areas with natural or structural constraints, where the continuation of active farming, in particular grazing livestock systems, is essential for maintaining cultural landscapes, preventing land abandonment and strengthening rural vitality; calls for targeted support to ensure that young farmers can continue farming in these regions;

Or. en

Amendment 145

Daniel Buda

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
5a. Generational renewal in agriculture must also help to combat rural depopulation by creating economic and social conditions that encourage young people to stay or establish themselves in these communities;

Or. ro

Amendment 146

Csaba Dömötör

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6. Welcomes the proposed 2028-2034 CAP farmer starter pack and stresses the importance of one-stop shops in providing integrated access to funding, training and advisory services aimed at young farmers, and of reducing administrative burdens on them;6. Regrets that the proposed 2028-2034 CAP farmer starter pack does not contain any new tool to strengthen and expand the support of young farmers;

Or. en

Amendment 147

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6. Welcomes the proposed 2028-2034 CAP farmer starter pack and stresses the importance of one-stop shops in providing integrated access to funding, training and advisory services aimed at young farmers, and of reducing administrative burdens on them;6. Welcomes the 2028-2034 CAP farmer starter pack and stresses the importance of one-stop shops in providing integrated access to funding, training and advisory services, and administrative support to reduce administrative burdens on young farmers; stresses that the starter pack should also include easy and attractive access to agro-environmental and climate incentives and investments available in the CAP in order to stimulate sustainable and resilient farming practices and make available extra top-up income for young and new farmers.

Or. en

Amendment 148

Maria Grapini

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6. Welcomes the proposed 2028-2034 CAP farmer starter pack and stresses the importance of one-stop shops in providing integrated access to funding, training and advisory services aimed at young farmers, and of reducing administrative burdens on them;6. Welcomes the proposed 2028-2034 CAP farmer starter pack and stresses the importance of one-stop shops in providing integrated access to funding, training and advisory services aimed at young farmers, of reducing administrative burdens on them, and of creating predictability and giving young people confidence in investing;

Or. ro

Amendment 149

Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Benoit Cassart

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6. Welcomes the proposed 2028-2034 CAP farmer starter pack and stresses the importance of one-stop shops in providing integrated access to funding, training and advisory services aimed at young farmers, and of reducing administrative burdens on them;6. Welcomes the proposed 2028-2034 CAP young farmer starter pack and stresses the importance of one-stop shops in providing integrated access to support, training and advisory services aimed at young farmers, and of reducing administrative burdens on them;

Or. en

Amendment 150

Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6. Welcomes the proposed 2028-2034 CAP farmer starter pack and stresses the importance of one-stop shops in providing integrated access to funding, training and advisory services aimed at young farmers, and of reducing administrative burdens on them;6. Welcomes the proposed 2028-2034 CAP young farmer starter pack and stresses the importance of one-stop shops in providing integrated access to funding, training and advisory services aimed at young farmers, and of reducing administrative burdens on them; stresses the importance of coordination between public authorities, financial institutions and advisory services, to reduce administrative burdens and improve accessibility;

Or. en

Amendment 151

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6a. Recognises that generational renewal represents a unique opportunity to accelerate the transition towards more sustainable farming models, given the strong orientation of new entrants and young farmers towards sustainable, including organic and agroecological, practices;

Or. en

Amendment 152

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6a. Stresses that the competitiveness and attractiveness of the agricultural sector depend on a stable, coherent and predictable regulatory framework;

Or. pt

Amendment 153

Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Benoit Cassart, Charles Goerens

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6a. stresses that young farmers and new entrants often face the complex administrative and compliance systems of the CAP for the first time;

Or. en

Amendment 154

Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Benoit Cassart, Charles Goerens

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 d (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6d. Calls for penalty systems to distinguish between deliberate infringements and good-faith errors due to inexperience;

Or. en

Amendment 155

Ciaran Mullooly, Jérémy Decerle, Christine Singer

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6a. Calls for the continued strengthening and simplification of the Young Farmer aid scheme within the CAP, recognising its importance in supporting generational renewal, facilitating access to farming for young farmers and new entrants, and providing greater financial certainty during the early years of farm establishment; stresses that such support should remain accessible, proportionate and responsive to the practical realities faced by young farmers across Member States

Or. en

Amendment 156

Sebastian Everding

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to support generational renewal through investment aid, training and knowledge transfer programmes that facilitate transition towards sustainable agriculture, adopting agroecological practices, delivering higher standards of animal welfare, animal health and reduced antimicrobial use, in order to equip the next generation of farmers with the skills necessary for environmentally sustainable agricultural sector;

Or. en

Amendment 157

Willemien Koning

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6a. Stresses that reducing the administrative burden on young farmers is best achieved by focusing on clear and measurable objectives, while leaving young farmers the freedom to decide how to achieve those objectives on their own holdings;

Or. en

Amendment 158

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6b. Highlights the important contribution made by agricultural cooperatives and producer organisations to generational renewal and the setting-up of young farmers, by providing economies of scale, shared access to equipment and infrastructure, specialist technical support, training, innovation and better marketing conditions; points out that integration into these structures can reduce barriers to entry into the sector, facilitate access to finance and strengthen the economic viability of farms run by young farmers; therefore encourages Member States to promote specific incentives to encourage young farmers to join cooperatives and producer organisations;

Or. pt

Amendment 159

Ciaran Mullooly, Jérémy Decerle, Christine Singer

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6b. Underlines that young farmers and new entrants are often engaging with complex CAP administrative and compliance systems for the first time;

Or. en

Amendment 160

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance legislative predictability and legal certainty for farmers by avoiding frequent and disproportionate changes to the rules;

Or. pt

Amendment 161

Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Benoit Cassart, Charles Goerens

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6b. underlines furthermore that potential delays in the implementation of the post-2027 CAP must not negatively impact the aid and measures intended for farmers, particularly young farmers;;

Or. en

Amendment 162

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6b. calls on Member States to ensure that organic conversion support and maintenance payments are adequately ringfenced and not reduced within their future national and regional partnership plans compared to the current programming period;

Or. en

Amendment 163

Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Benoit Cassart, Charles Goerens

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6c. Insists that compliance requirements must be clearly communicated and accompanied by tailored training and advice;

Or. en

Amendment 164

Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Benoit Cassart, Charles Goerens

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6c. calls on the Commission to propose a transitional regulation as soon as possible to ensure continuity between the two programming periods;

Or. en

Amendment 165

Ciaran Mullooly, Jérémy Decerle, Christine Singer

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6c. Calls on Member States to ensure that minor, technical or unintentional non-compliance does not result in disproportionate penalties or full repayment of aid;

Or. en

Amendment 166

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6c. Emphasises that a fairer, more transparent and more balanced distribution of value throughout the food supply chain is essential to ensure the economic sustainability of farms and to create favourable conditions for generational renewal;

Or. pt

Amendment 167

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6c. Advocates simplifying administrative procedures, reducing red tape, compliance costs and regulatory complexity, particularly for young farmers;

Or. pt

Amendment 168

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6c. Stresses that land access policies should take into account the particular needs of young farmers wishing to establish agroecological or organic projects ;

Or. en

Amendment 169

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 d (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6d. Considers that a simpler, more transparent and more predictable regulatory framework is crucial to encouraging long-term investment;

Or. pt

Amendment 170

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6c. Notes that the persistence of low profit margins and insufficient incomes in the agricultural sector is one of the main obstacles to young farmers setting up and remaining in the sector; advocates, therefore, the strengthening of instruments that promote a more equitable distribution of added value, combat imbalances in bargaining power and unfair commercial practices, and ensure adequate remuneration for producers, thereby making farming a more attractive profession, stimulating long-term investment and facilitating the entry of new generations into the sector;

Or. pt

Amendment 171

Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Benoit Cassart, Charles Goerens

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6b. Invites Member States to ensure that minor, technical or unintentional cases of non-compliance do not lead to disproportionate penalties;

Or. en

Amendment 172

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 d (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6d. Argues that young farmers should be able to benefit fully from the latest scientific and technological advances applicable to agriculture, including precision farming, artificial intelligence, robotics and new plant breeding techniques; highlights, in particular, the potential of new genomic techniques (NGT) for the development of plant varieties that are more resistant to pests and diseases, more tolerant to drought and other extreme weather events, more resource-efficient and less dependent on factors of production;

Or. pt

Amendment 173

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 d (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6d. calls for dedicated mentoring networks, peer-learning platforms and access to organic and agroecological research infrastructure for young farmers;

Or. en

Amendment 174

Ciaran Mullooly, Jérémy Decerle, Christine Singer

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 d (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6d. Stresses that compliance requirements should be clearly communicated and supported by appropriate training and guidance;

Or. en

Amendment 175

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 e (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6e. Considers it essential that the regulatory framework be science-based, proportionate and conducive to innovation, enabling the safe and timely adoption of these technologies, thereby strengthening the competitiveness, sustainability and profitability of agricultural holdings;

Or. pt

Amendment 176

Ciaran Mullooly, Jérémy Decerle, Christine Singer

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 e (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6e. Calls for penalty systems to distinguish between deliberate breaches and genuine errors arising from inexperience.

Or. en

Amendment 177

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 e (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6e. Reiterates that the Union’s trade policy must ensure full respect for the principle of reciprocity of standards;

Or. pt

Amendment 178

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 f (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6f. Considers that imported agricultural products must meet requirements equivalent to those applicable to Union producers in areas such as food safety, animal health and welfare, the use of plant protection products, environmental protection, labour standards and traceability;

Or. pt

Amendment 179

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 f (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6f. Encourages the use of unmanned aircraft systems in agriculture, such as drones, particularly for monitoring crops and livestock, the early detection and control of pests and diseases, the targeted application of fertilisers and plant protection products, optimising the use of resources and carrying out operations in areas where conventional technical options prove inadequate or infeasible, thereby contributing to increased productivity, environmental sustainability and competitiveness of agricultural holdings;

Or. pt

Amendment 180

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 g (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6g. Calls on the Commission to support Member States that decide to implement tax and social security contribution schemes that are more favourable to the agricultural sector, in particular to young farmers, including a reduction in social security contributions, and the exemption from taxation of European Union support granted under the common agricultural policy, in order to promote generational renewal, enhance the sector’s attractiveness and ensure the Union’s resilience, strategic autonomy and food security;

Or. pt

Amendment 181

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 g (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
6g. Considers that the lack of a level playing field undermines the competitiveness of the European agricultural sector, reduces the profitability of farms and makes farming less attractive to younger generations; therefore advocates strengthening the mechanisms for monitoring and verifying compliance with these standards, in order to prevent distortions of competition and ensure that trade liberalisation does not take place to the detriment of the Union’s farmers;

Or. pt

Amendment 182

Mireia Borrás Pabón

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7. Calls on the Commission to increase targeted income support for young farmers and extend support periods to better reflect agricultural production cycles and long-term investment horizons;7. Calls on the Commission to increase targeted income support for young farmers and extend support periods from five to ten years, in order as to better reflect agricultural production cycles, long-term investment horizons and the possibility of restructuring production in response to market conditions, the type of crop or livestock, or unforeseen geopolitical factors;

Or. es

Amendment 183

Cristina Maestre

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7. Calls on the Commission to increase targeted income support for young farmers and extend support periods to better reflect agricultural production cycles and long-term investment horizons;7. Calls on the Commission to increase targeted income support for young farmers including support for setting up and investment, access to financial instruments and financial incentives and extend support periods to better reflect agricultural production cycles and long-term investment horizons;

Or. en

Amendment 184

Katarína Roth Neveďalová

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7. Calls on the Commission to increase targeted income support for young farmers and extend support periods to better reflect agricultural production cycles and long-term investment horizons;7. Calls on the Commission to increase targeted income support for young farmers and extend support periods to better reflect agricultural production cycles and long-term investment horizons; stresses, however, that support for young farmers should complement rather than replace support for existing active farmers, whose economic viability is a prerequisite for successful farm succession and generational renewal;

Or. en

Amendment 185

Sebastian Everding

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7. Calls on the Commission to increase targeted income support for young farmers and extend support periods to better reflect agricultural production cycles and long-term investment horizons;7. Calls on the Commission to increase targeted income support for young farmers in sustainable and plant based agriculture and extend support periods to better reflect agricultural production cycles and long-term investment horizons;

Or. en

Amendment 186

Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7. Calls on the Commission to increase targeted income support for young farmers and extend support periods to better reflect agricultural production cycles and long-term investment horizons;7. Calls on the Commission to increase targeted income support for young farmers and extend support periods to better reflect agricultural production cycles and long-term investment horizons, and to propose transitional measures;

Or. ro

Amendment 187

André Franqueira Rodrigues

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7a. Emphasises that fair and stable farm incomes are a fundamental precondition for successful generational renewal and that young farmers will not remain in or enter the sector if farming continues to be characterised by low profitability, high production costs and extreme exposure to market crises;

Or. en

Amendment 188

Emma Wiesner, Asger Christensen, Jérémy Decerle, Michal Wiezik

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7a. Stresses that support schemes should be designed to enhance farm profitability, enabling young farmers to reduce debt reliance and invest in farm modernisation and sustainability;

Or. en

Amendment 189

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7a. stresses that promoting biodiversity in rural areas is important for safeguarding ecosystem services, enhancing climate resilience and ensuring the long-term sustainability of rural economies; reaffirms that agricultural ecosystem services play a fundamental role in society and that it is essential that they are recognised as public goods and properly financed through public support mechanisms, such as financial incentives, payments for environmental services and policies that reward sustainable practices; points to the importance of compensatory measures for farmers so that the ecological transition is fair and practical and does not lead to new socio-economic disparities;

Or. en

Amendment 190

Csaba Dömötör

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7a. Stresses that the European Union has been opening up the European agricultural markets to imports from third countries which do not have to comply with the same environmental, animal welfare, food safety and other standards, which imposes substantial extra costs on European producers; recalls that young farmers are more vulnerable to this unfair competition than older farmers. Calls therefore, on the Commission to take account of the interests of young farmers when shaping trade policy and to avoid concluding trade agreements which are manifestly harmful to young farmers

Or. en

Amendment 191

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7a. Acknowledges the importance of providing sufficient and targeted income support for young farmers during their first few years of activity, a stage of vital importance to the economic viability of new farms; underscores, to that end, the value of supplementary income support for young farmers and other specific CAP measures aimed at enabling farmers to get set up, supporting initial investments and bolstering the resilience of new farms;

Or. it

Amendment 192

Benoit Cassart, Christine Singer, Charles Goerens

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7a. Underlines that the lack of reciprocity and unfair global competition represent additional pressure for European farmers, in particular for young farmers; stresses that the absence of reciprocity can discourage young farmers from taking over farms; calls therefore on the Commission to ensure greater coherence between its trade, environmental and agricultural policies by including mirror clauses in all future trade agreements to ensure that imported products that do not meet EU standards are not placed on EU market;

Or. en

Amendment 193

Bert-Jan Ruissen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7a. Underlines with great concern that both the high regulatory burden as well as the administrative burden are among the major reasons why potential farm successors see themselves increasingly pressed towards pursuing careers outside agriculture. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to decrease the regulatory pressure and administrative burden, notably also by reviewing outdated provisions in environmental legislation, and urges the Member States to stop gold-plating EU rules in the phase of national implementation.

Or. en

Amendment 194

Claire Fita, Eric Sargiacomo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7a. Stresses that unstable and low farm income is the key barrier for generational renewal ;

Or. en

Amendment 195

Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7a. Welcomes the proposed increase in the maximum level of CAP support from 100.000 EUR to 300.000 EUR for setting-up of young farmers and new farmers and rural business start-up;

Or. en

Amendment 196

Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Valérie Deloge, Gilles Pennelle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7a. Emphasises the fact that a generational renewal policy can never be viable unless it guarantees the economic profitability of farms in the face of unfair international competition; demands, therefore, an immediate halt to asymmetric free trade negotiations (such as Mercosur) and the systematic use of mirror clauses prohibiting imports of agricultural products which do not comply with European and French production standards;

Or. fr

Amendment 197

André Franqueira Rodrigues

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7a. Stresses that generational renewal must be accompanied by a fairer distribution of added value across the food supply chain; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the position of farmers, including young farmers and new entrants, in the food chain, to combat unfair trading practices and to ensure that farmers receive prices that better reflect production costs, investment needs and the strategic value of food production;

Or. en

Amendment 198

Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7a. Proposes to the Commission and the Member States that they use the instruments available under the CMO Regulation, such as the EU school scheme, including educational measures, and public procurement of food to facilitate preferential access for young farmers to institutional markets, especially through criteria that favour European, local, seasonal and sustainable products, in accordance with the rules on the internal market and competition;

Or. ro

Amendment 199

Ciaran Mullooly, Jérémy Decerle, Christine Singer

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7a. Further stresses that delays in the implementation of new CAP Strategic Plans must not result in young farmers ageing out of eligibility for installation aid, complementary income support or other generational-renewal measures;

Or. en

Amendment 200

Carmen Crespo Díaz, Maria Walsh

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to apply simplification across the board to all instruments aimed at young farmers, through more streamlined procedures, a reduction in administrative burdens, fully operational one-stop shops, clear deadlines for decision-making, and the possibility of advance payments or payments on account for setting-up and investment aid;

Or. es

Amendment 201

Sakis Arnaoutoglou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7a. Stresses that start-up aid remains inadequate for new farmers who do not inherit an existing farm and who therefore face higher initial costs for land, equipment, buildings and working capital; points out that, in some Member States, CAP start-up aid is insufficient to cover the cost of acquiring agricultural land;

Or. en

Amendment 202

Sebastian Everding

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7a. Calls for targeted support for young farmers to enhance higher animal welfare standards in farming;.

Or. en

Amendment 203

Cristina Maestre

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7a. Urges the European Commission and the Member States to encourage young farmers to participate in the design of measures for generational renewal, and to strengthen coordination with regional authorities when drawing up the relevant national strategies;

Or. en

Amendment 204

Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Tomáš Kubín, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Gilles Pennelle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7a. Recognises the importance of targeted income support for young farmers during the first years following their setting-up, including through the Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers and other dedicated support measures under the CAP;

Or. en

Amendment 205

Veronika Vrecionová, Georgiana Teodorescu, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Jessika van Leeuwen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7a. Highlights that simple rules, legal certainty and a stable policy framework are key conditions for attracting younger generations to agriculture and encouraging new entrants to establish viable farming businesses;

Or. en

Amendment 206

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7b. Calls on the Member States to ensure that young farmers whose applications for financial support have been unsuccessful on account of budgetary constraints or administrative delays can resubmit those applications without being subject to time limits, providing that they still meet the definition of a young farmer; urges the Member States, moreover, to guarantee that their applications are duly assessed and a final decision is reached within 12 months of the deadline for submission and that the corresponding payments are made no later than 12 months thereafter in order to maintain legal certainty, facilitate investment planning and ensure that young farmers are not disadvantaged by inefficient procedures;

Or. it

Amendment 207

Sebastian Everding

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7b. Highlights that high animal welfare standards contribute to the long-term sustainability, economic resilience, societal acceptance and added value of European farming.

Or. en

Amendment 208

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7b. Highlights that sustainable farming systems are more resilient to market and climate shocks, and contribute to maintaining and protecting the factors of production and the natural resources without which there can be no future farmers;

Or. en

Amendment 209

Claire Fita, Eric Sargiacomo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7b. Calls for strengthened agricultural market regulation mechanisms, including supply management instruments, improved crisis management tools and stronger producer organisations to enhance farmers’ bargaining power ;

Or. en

Amendment 210

Ciaran Mullooly, Jérémy Decerle, Christine Singer

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7b. Calls on Member States to ensure that no applicant loses access to support solely because of delays in the transition to a new CAP framework and that eligibility periods are extended accordingly.

Or. en

Amendment 211

Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7b. Underlines that young farmers face increasingly high start-up and investment costs, making adequate financial support during the establishment phase essential for improving access to farming, facilitating generational renewal and strengthening the long-term viability and competitiveness of the agricultural sector;

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Amendment 212

Benoit Cassart, Asger Christensen, Christine Singer, Jérémy Decerle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7b. Underlines that in 2020, the average age of farmers in the EU was 57, with only 12% of farmers under the age of 40; the lack of young farmers represent a real challenge for the economic viability of the European agricultural sector;

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Amendment 213

Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7b. Stresses that increasing the added value generated on agricultural holdings is essential for the sector’s attractiveness to new generations;

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Amendment 214

Carmen Crespo Díaz, Maria Walsh

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7b. Calls for the period of support for the establishment of young farmers to be extended, where justified, to up to ten years, in order to take account of actual investment cycles, market conditions, crop type, livestock species, the need for production restructuring, and any geopolitical or climatic risks that could affect the viability of the farm;

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Amendment 215

Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Marta Wcisło, Pekka Toveri

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7b. Stresses that generational renewal requires long-term policy certainty; notes that young farmers and farm families are less likely to invest, innovate or engage in succession planning when faced with uncertainty regarding future agricultural policies and support mechanisms;

Or. en

Amendment 216

Veronika Vrecionová, Georgiana Teodorescu, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Jessika van Leeuwen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7b. Stresses that environmental and climate policies should combine sustainability objectives with the realities of agricultural production and food security, ensuring that young farmers are supported rather than discouraged from entering the sector;

Or. en

Amendment 217

Sebastian Everding

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7b. Underlines that sustainability of farming practices, including high standards in animal welfare, protection of environment and biodiversity is of key importance for the long-term viability and attractiveness of the farming profession;

Or. en

Amendment 218

Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7c. Calls on the Member States to use the synergies between the CAP and the European Competitiveness Fund 2028-2034 to support investments made by young farmers in on-farm processing, packaging, marketing, digitalisation and the development of high-value-added products;

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Amendment 219

Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7c. Expresses concern over the time-limited nature of the specific support provided to young farmers and the lack of adequate transitional measures after the end of the eligibility period;

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Amendment 220

Benoit Cassart, Asger Christensen, Christine Singer, Jérémy Decerle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7c. Underlines the difficulty to attract young farmers, especially in the livestock sector, due to the demanding nature of the work such as long working hours, limited possibility to take time off, lack of replacement services; calls therefore to the Commission and the Member States to facilitate the development of replacement services;

Or. en

Amendment 221

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7c. Calls for the inclusion in the national generational renewal plans of a dedicated chapter regarding the adoption by new and young farmers of agri-environmental and climate actions, notably conversion to organic farming;

Or. en

Amendment 222

Claire Fita, Eric Sargiacomo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7c. Calls for better protection to all farmers against capturing added value, unfair competition from imports that do not meet EU production standards, and excessive volatility in global commodity markets.

Or. en

Amendment 223

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7c. Stresses generational renewal in farming requires fair prices for agricultural goods; calls on the Commission to put in place the necessary means to rebalance the current weak position of EU farmers in the value chain, notably through the CMO regulation and by strengthening the UTP regulation and its implementation, fighting against the over-concentration in the meat and milk sectors, ensuring reciprocity in international trade agreements, supporting short supply chains and consumption of local products, as well as strengthening the EU agri-food chain Observatory (AFCO);

Or. en

Amendment 224

Benoit Cassart, Asger Christensen, Christine Singer, Charles Goerens

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7c. Notes with concerns the increasingly negative perception of the agricultural sector among the European citizens, which undermines the attractiveness of sector and constitutes an additional barrier to generational renewal;

Or. en

Amendment 225

Carmen Crespo Díaz, Maria Walsh

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7c. Calls for the eligibility criteria for aid for young farmers to be adapted to the reality of family farms under shared ownership or management, ensuring that rigid requirements regarding majority control or ownership of more than 50 % do not exclude young people who are working effectively, professionally and on a continuous basis on the family farm during a gradual succession process;

Or. es

Amendment 226

Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Marta Wcisło, Pekka Toveri

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7c. Calls for a stable, simplified and predictable CAP that provides a clear planning horizon for farm businesses and creates the confidence necessary to support investment, competitiveness and the successful transfer of farms to the next generation;

Or. en

Amendment 227

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 d (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7d. Calls on the Commission to link and coordinate the Generational renewal strategy and the Action plan for the development of organic production;

Or. en

Amendment 228

Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 d (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7d. Stresses that agricultural investments require long-term planning horizons and that a sudden drop in the level of support can affect financial predictability, investment capacity and the economic viability of farms run by young farmers;

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Amendment 229

Benoit Cassart, Asger Christensen, Christine Singer, Charles Goerens

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 d (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7d. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop initiatives to promote a more positive image of the European agricultural sector and encourage young people to take over farms;

Or. en

Amendment 230

Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 e (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide for progressive support instruments and transition mechanisms tailored to the stages in the development of agricultural holdings;

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Amendment 231

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
8. Stresses that access to land remains a major barrier to generational renewal owing to high prices, limited availability, speculative acquisitions and insufficient succession planning;8. Stresses that access to land remains a major barrier to generational renewal due to high prices, limited availability, land grabbing and speculative acquisitions and insufficient succession planning;

Or. en

Amendment 232

Sakis Arnaoutoglou

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
8. Stresses that access to land remains a major barrier to generational renewal owing to high prices, limited availability, speculative acquisitions and insufficient succession planning;8. Stresses that access to land remains a major barrier to generational renewal owing to high prices, limited availability, rising purchase and rental costs, speculative acquisitions and insufficient succession planning, particularly for young farmers and new entrants who are not set to inherit agricultural land;

Or. en

Amendment 233

André Franqueira Rodrigues

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
8. Stresses that access to land remains a major barrier to generational renewal owing to high prices, limited availability, speculative acquisitions and insufficient succession planning;8. Stresses that access to land remains a major barrier to generational renewal owing to high prices, limited availability, speculative acquisitions, land concentration, land grabbing, conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural uses and insufficient succession planning;

Or. en

Amendment 234

Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding, Luke Ming Flanagan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
8. Stresses that access to land remains a major barrier to generational renewal owing to high prices, limited availability, speculative acquisitions and insufficient succession planning;8. Stresses that, due to an absence of an EU framework on land, access to land remains a major barrier to generational renewal owing to land concentration, high prices, limited availability, speculative acquisitions and insufficient succession planning;

Or. en

Amendment 235

Marko Vešligaj, André Franqueira Rodrigues

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
8. Stresses that access to land remains a major barrier to generational renewal owing to high prices, limited availability, speculative acquisitions and insufficient succession planning;8. Stresses that access to land remains a major barrier to generational renewal owing to high prices, limited availability, land fragmentation, speculative acquisitions, insecure tenancy, unresolved land ownership and insufficient succession planning;

Or. en

Amendment 236

Mireia Borrás Pabón

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
8. Stresses that access to land remains a major barrier to generational renewal owing to high prices, limited availability, speculative acquisitions and insufficient succession planning;8. Stresses that access to land remains a major barrier to generational renewal owing to high prices, limited availability, speculative acquisitions, new trade agreements with third countries and insufficient succession planning;

Or. es

Amendment 237

Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Charles Goerens

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
8. Stresses that access to land remains a major barrier to generational renewal owing to high prices, limited availability, speculative acquisitions and insufficient succession planning;8. Stresses that access to land ownership and leasing remains a major barrier to generational renewal owing to high prices, limited availability, unstable leasing conditions, speculative acquisitions and insufficient succession planning;

Or. en

Amendment 238

Claire Fita, Eric Sargiacomo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
8. Stresses that access to land remains a major barrier to generational renewal owing to high prices, limited availability, speculative acquisitions and insufficient succession planning;8. Stresses that access to land through purchase remains a major barrier to generational renewal owing to high prices, limited availability, speculative acquisitions and insufficient succession planning;

Or. en

Amendment 239

Peter Agius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
8a. Stresses that access to agricultural land remains one of the main obstacles to generational renewal, particularly in islands and regions with limited land availability, where land prices have continued to rise and young farmers face strong competition from speculative and non-agricultural pressures:

Or. en

Amendment 240

Alexander Bernhuber

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
8a. Stresses that agricultural land should primarily be available to active farmers;

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Amendment 241

Luke Ming Flanagan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
8a. Highlights the average age of EU farmers rose from 55 in 2010 to 57 in 2020, points out that this demonstrates that there is a substantial cohort of potential farmers who, despite having access to land, have no wish to take over their family farms, believes that the key drivers of this is the lack of profitability in the sector brought about by the sole focus on competitiveness and output with insufficient attention being given to the need for the farmers to be adequately remunerated for their work;

Or. en

Amendment 242

Veronika Vrecionová

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
8a. Stresses that young farmers cannot compete for land and investment opportunities where CAP support remains overly concentrated; therefore, supports the Commission proposal for mandatory capping and degresivity of direct payments in the post-2027 CAP framework as a means of ensuring that agricultural support reaches more active farmers and contributes to creating opportunities for the next generation of farmers;

Or. en

Amendment 243

Daniel Buda

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
8a. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to support the development of practical and accessible information and guidance tools for young farmers, including single digital platforms that provide simplified guides, video materials and support for managing documents and completing administrative procedures in a clear, simple and accessible manner.

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Amendment 244

Luis-Vicențiu Lazarus

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
8a. Stresses that family farms are the backbone of European agriculture and believes that generational renewal policies must prioritise their maintenance and transfer to future generations, preventing excessive concentration of agricultural land;

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Amendment 245

Claire Fita, Eric Sargiacomo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
8a. Considers that access to land through long term rental contracts and lease-to-buy arrangements decreases the cost of installation and incentives young farmers to use their investment capacities to improve their productivity by buying modern equipment and machineries;

Or. en

Amendment 246

Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
8a. Calls for stronger action to preserve agricultural land as a strategic resource for food security, generational renewal and sustainable farming, including through improved monitoring of agricultural land loss and land-use change;

Or. en

Amendment 247

Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Charles Goerens

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
8a. Calls for stronger action to preserve agricultural land as a strategic resource for food security, generational renewal and sustainable farming, including through improved monitoring of agricultural land loss and land-use change;

Or. en

Amendment 248

Sebastian Everding

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
8a. Underlines that agricultural intensification, concentration of agricultural land and land grabbing increase barriers to entry for young and new farmers and thus directly undermine generational renewal in the agricultural sector;

Or. en

Amendment 249

Daniel Buda

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
8b. Supports the development of programmes of professional guidance and familiarisation with agriculture from school education onwards, including through agricultural careers days, visits, meetings and practical activities, to familiarise young people with the agricultural sector and the opportunities it offers;

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Amendment 250

Alexander Bernhuber

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
8b. Calls on the Member States, within the framework of their powers, to provide effective tools against the non-agricultural acquisition of and speculation in agricultural land and against the excessive consolidation of land, with due regard for the special structure of small and medium-sized family-run farms, particularly in mountainous, grassland and disadvantaged areas;

Or. de

Amendment 251

Peter Agius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
8b. Calls on the Member States to promote transparent, enforceable, and sufficiently long-term agricultural lease frameworks, land-matching mechanisms, and safeguards against the misuse or loss of productive agricultural land, in order to provide young farmers with the security needed to invest, plan, and remain in the sector.

Or. en

Amendment 252

Carmen Crespo Díaz

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9. Calls on the Member States to improve land access for young farmers, including for new entrants, through all available means, including scoring systems, pre-emptive rights, collaborative farming arrangements, collective land acquisition and expanded land-matching mechanisms to support land mobility;9. Calls on the Member States to improve land access for young farmers, including for new entrants, through all available means, including tax incentives for the purchase, lease, inheritance and transfer of agricultural land, pre-emptive rights, collaborative farming arrangements, transfer or lease mechanisms and schemes to facilitate the transfer of farms from older farmers to young farmers;

Or. es

Amendment 253

Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9. Calls on the Member States to improve land access for young farmers, including for new entrants, through all available means, including scoring systems, pre-emptive rights, collaborative farming arrangements, collective land acquisition and expanded land-matching mechanisms to support land mobility;9. Calls on the Member States to improve land access for young farmers, including for new entrant and those practising agroecology, through all available means, including scoring systems, pre-emptive rights, collaborative farming arrangements, collective land acquisition, land banks, community land trusts, farm incubators, and expanded land-matching mechanisms to support land mobility.

Or. en

Amendment 254

Emma Wiesner, Asger Christensen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9. Calls on the Member States to improve land access for young farmers, including for new entrants, through all available means, including scoring systems, pre-emptive rights, collaborative farming arrangements, collective land acquisition and expanded land-matching mechanisms to support land mobility;9. Calls on the Member States to improve land access for young farmers, including for new entrants, through all available means, including scoring systems, pre-emptive rights, collaborative farming arrangements, collective land acquisition and expanded land-matching mechanisms to support land mobility, highlights the need to make full use of existing European Investment Bank loan guarantee instruments for young farmers, in recognition that several Member States have yet to activate such mechanisms, and invites the EIB to develop dedicated measures on the financing needs of farm entry and succession;

Or. en

Amendment 255

Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9. Calls on the Member States to improve land access for young farmers, including for new entrants, through all available means, including scoring systems, pre-emptive rights, collaborative farming arrangements, collective land acquisition and expanded land-matching mechanisms to support land mobility;9. Calls on the Member States to improve land access for young farmers, including for new entrants, through all available means, including scoring systems, pre-emptive rights, collaborative farming arrangements, collective land acquisition and expanded land-matching mechanisms to support land mobility, individual land purchase schemes, interest subsidy schemes, tax incentives, grace periods appropriate to agricultural investments and longer repayment terms, in order to reduce the financial burden and facilitate the setting-up of young farmers;

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Amendment 256

André Franqueira Rodrigues

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9. Calls on the Member States to improve land access for young farmers, including for new entrants, through all available means, including scoring systems, pre-emptive rights, collaborative farming arrangements, collective land acquisition and expanded land-matching mechanisms to support land mobility;9. Calls on the Member States to improve land access for young farmers, including for new entrants, through all available means, including scoring systems, pre-emptive rights, collaborative farming arrangements, collective land acquisition and expanded land-matching mechanisms to support land mobility; calls, furthermore, for appropriate safeguards against excessive land concentration, land grabbing and speculative land use that undermine the entry of young farmers and new entrants into the sector;

Or. en

Amendment 257

Benoit Cassart, Asger Christensen, Christine Singer, Jérémy Decerle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9. Calls on the Member States to improve land access for young farmers, including for new entrants, through all available means, including scoring systems, pre-emptive rights, collaborative farming arrangements, collective land acquisition and expanded land-matching mechanisms to support land mobility;9. Calls on the Member States to improve land access for young farmers, including for new entrants, through all available means, including scoring systems, pre-emptive rights, revision and, where appropriate, simplification of national legislation regulating agricultural land leases, collaborative farming arrangements, collective land acquisition, and expanded land-matching mechanisms to support land mobility;

Or. en

Amendment 258

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9. Calls on the Member States to improve land access for young farmers, including for new entrants, through all available means, including scoring systems, pre-emptive rights, collaborative farming arrangements, collective land acquisition and expanded land-matching mechanisms to support land mobility;9. Calls on the Member States to improve land access for young farmers, including for new entrants, through all available means, including scoring systems, pre-emptive rights, collaborative farming arrangements, collective land acquisition and expanded land-matching mechanisms to support land mobility; calls on the Commission to facilitate the exchange of good practices between member States on this matter;

Or. en

Amendment 259

Willemien Koning

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9. Calls on the Member States to improve land access for young farmers, including for new entrants, through all available means, including scoring systems, pre-emptive rights, collaborative farming arrangements, collective land acquisition and expanded land-matching mechanisms to support land mobility;9. Calls on the Member States to improve land access for young farmers, including for new entrants, through all available means, including scoring systems, pre-emptive rights, collaborative farming arrangements, collective land acquisition and expanded land-matching mechanisms to support land mobility, and stresses the role that regional or national land banks can play in this regard;

Or. en

Amendment 260

Veronika Vrecionová

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9. Calls on the Member States to improve land access for young farmers, including for new entrants, through all available means, including scoring systems, pre-emptive rights, collaborative farming arrangements, collective land acquisition and expanded land-matching mechanisms to support land mobility;9. Calls on the Member States to improve land access for young farmers, including mandatory capping and degresivity, for new entrants, through all available means, including scoring systems, pre-emptive rights, collaborative farming arrangements, collective land acquisition and expanded land-matching mechanisms to support land mobility;

Or. en

Amendment 261

Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Stefan Köhler, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9. Calls on the Member States to improve land access for young farmers, including for new entrants, through all available means, including scoring systems, pre-emptive rights, collaborative farming arrangements, collective land acquisition and expanded land-matching mechanisms to support land mobility;9. Calls on the Member States to improve land access for young farmers, including for new entrants, through all available means, including scoring systems, pre-emptive rights, collaborative farming arrangements, collective land acquisition and expanded land-matching mechanisms and mediation services to support land mobility;

Or. en

Amendment 262

Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9. Calls on the Member States to improve land access for young farmers, including for new entrants, through all available means, including scoring systems, pre-emptive rights, collaborative farming arrangements, collective land acquisition and expanded land-matching mechanisms to support land mobility;9. Calls on the Member States to improve land access for young farmers, including for new entrants, through all available means, including scoring systems, pre-emptive rights, collaborative farming arrangements, collective land acquisition, expanded land-matching mechanisms and mediation services to support land mobility;

Or. en

Amendment 263

Marko Vešligaj, André Franqueira Rodrigues

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9. Calls on the Member States to improve land access for young farmers, including for new entrants, through all available means, including scoring systems, pre-emptive rights, collaborative farming arrangements, collective land acquisition and expanded land-matching mechanisms to support land mobility;9. Calls on the Member States to improve land access for young farmers, including for new entrants, through all available means, including scoring systems, pre-emptive rights, collaborative farming arrangements, land consolidation, collective land acquisition and expanded land-matching mechanisms to support land mobility;

Or. en

Amendment 264

Christine Singer, Asger Christensen, Charles Goerens, Barry Cowen, Ciaran Mullooly, Jérémy Decerle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9a. Recommends that Member States, while fully respecting their national competences in tax matters, examine whether targeted tax incentives, reductions in transfer taxes or other fiscal relief could make the sale or transfer of agricultural land to active farmers, and in particular to young farmers and new entrants, more attractive, including by considering preferential fiscal treatment for active farmers acquiring agricultural land and differentiated fiscal treatment for purchases by non-agricultural investors, with a view to improving access to land and preventing the loss of agricultural land to speculative purposes;

Or. en

Amendment 265

Carmen Crespo Díaz, Maria Walsh

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9a. Encourages Member States to develop digital registers of agricultural land, while respecting national competences and property rights, which serve as a meeting point between owners of under-utilised, abandoned or succession-free farms and young farmers interested in working them through purchase, transfer, lease or other appropriate legal arrangements;

Or. es

Amendment 266

Georgiana Teodorescu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9a. Believes that instead of implementing restrictive capping mechanisms in the post-2027 CAP framework, the objectives of equity and generational renewal should be pursued via optimized, voluntary redistributive income support mechanisms (CRIS) and enhanced top-ups for young farmers, thereby targeting support effectively without artificially fracturing competitive agricultural holdings;

Or. en

Amendment 267

Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9a. Highlights that future EU enlargement will further increase competitive pressures within the agricultural sector;

Or. en

Amendment 268

Jessika van Leeuwen, Veronika Vrecionová, Georgiana Teodorescu, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9a. Calls on the Member States to explore fiscal incentives aimed at facilitating intergenerational farm transfer and land mobility, including targeted tax relief measures for the transfer, purchase or lease of agricultural land to or by young farmers and new entrants; stresses that access to land is an essential precondition for successful generational renewal.

Or. en

Amendment 269

Luis-Vicențiu Lazarus

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9a. Also calls on the Member States to improve access to land for young farmers and to adopt far more effective measures against speculative purchases of agricultural land and excessive concentration of land ownership, especially where these things affect the viability of family farms and access for new farmers to land;

Or. ro

Amendment 270

Ciaran Mullooly

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9a. Stresses that Member State tax measures facilitating farm transfer should explicitly include long-term leasing to family members; notes with concern that, in Ireland, long-term leasing tax relief is unavailable where the lessee is a family member; calls on the Commission to recognise family leasing as a legitimate and effective transfer pathway.

Or. en

Amendment 271

Katarína Roth Neveďalová

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9a. Recognises that land leasing is the primary means of accessing agricultural land in several Member States; calls for measures that improve access to long-term and affordable lease agreements for young farmers and new entrants;

Or. en

Amendment 272

Claire Fita, Eric Sargiacomo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9a. Encourages Member States to actively support cooperative farming models and collective land-holding arrangements, which facilitate access to land for young people, women and those outside the family framework;

Or. en

Amendment 273

Benoit Cassart, Asger Christensen, Christine Singer, Jérémy Decerle, Charles Goerens

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9a. Calls on Member States to give priority to young farmers in the allocation, leasing or sale of agricultural land owned by public authorities in order to improve their access to land;

Or. en

Amendment 274

Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Benoit Cassart, Charles Goerens

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9a. calls on Member States to give priority to young farmers when allocating, leasing or selling publicly owned agricultural land, in order to improve their access to land;

Or. en

Amendment 275

Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9b. Stresses that achieving environmental and climate objectives requires a pragmatic and incentive-based approach that is compatible with competitive and productive agriculture;

Or. en

Amendment 276

Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Emma Wiesner, Charles Goerens

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9b. recommends that Member States, while fully respecting their national competences in fiscal matters, examine whether targeted tax incentives, reductions in transfer duties or other tax reliefs could make the sale or transfer of agricultural land to active farmers, and in particular to young farmers and new entrants, more attractive, including by considering preferential tax treatment for active farmers acquiring agricultural land and differentiated tax treatment for purchases made by non-agricultural investors, with a view to improving access to land and preventing the loss of agricultural land for speculative purposes;

Or. en

Amendment 277

Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9b. Stresses the need to support young farmers in improving productivity, innovation and competitiveness through adequate CAP support, investment incentives, access to finance and modern technologies, in order to ensure a strong and resilient agricultural sector;

Or. en

Amendment 278

Carmen Crespo Díaz, Maria Walsh

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9b. Encourages Member States and regional and local authorities to make public, forestry, agricultural or disused land available to the next generation of farmers, where appropriate and subject to the necessary legal and environmental safeguards, so that it can be incorporated into productive projects led by young farmers;

Or. es

Amendment 279

Claire Fita, Eric Sargiacomo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9b. Calls Member States to introduce regulatory measures to prevent land speculation and excessive concentration, including pre-emptive rights, land ceiling mechanisms and land rental price control

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Amendment 280

Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9c. Emphasises that excessive complexity, disproportionate requirements and regulatory uncertainty risk discouraging investment and undermining generational renewal;

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Amendment 281

Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 d (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
9d. Calls for CAP environmental measures to be practical, science-based and adapted to local farming conditions, while ensuring that farmers are adequately rewarded for the environmental services they provide and are given legal certainty and a clear framework for long-term business planning;

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Amendment 282

Alexander Bernhuber

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
10. Invites the Commission to make the EU Land Observatory fully operational, with transparent and regularly updated data on land ownership, transfers and prices;deleted

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Amendment 283

Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Valérie Deloge, Gilles Pennelle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
10. Invites the Commission to make the EU Land Observatory fully operational, with transparent and regularly updated data on land ownership, transfers and prices;10. Stresses that matters relating to agricultural land fall strictly within the competence of the Member States; is therefore opposed to the establishment of an EU Land Observatory with centralised and binding prerogatives; calls for precedence to be given to the introduction of a portal for the simple sharing of statistical data on a voluntary basis between the existing national institutes;

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Amendment 284

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Cristina Guarda, Anna Strolenberg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
10. Invites the Commission to make the EU Land Observatory fully operational, with transparent and regularly updated data on land ownership, transfers and prices;10. Invites the Commission to make the EU Land Observatory fully operational, with transparent and regularly updated data on land ownership, transfers and prices, and gender disaggregated data; calls for the governance of the Land Observatory to be explicitly participatory, with all relevant stakeholders involved in a formal advisory structure, and for its mandate to include monitoring of land concentration trends and the identification of actual beneficiaries of farmland transactions; recalls that area-based CAP direct payments are a recognised driver of land concentration and calls on the Commission to assess this effect as a priority task for the Observatory;

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Amendment 285

Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding, Luke Ming Flanagan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
10. Invites the Commission to make the EU Land Observatory fully operational, with transparent and regularly updated data on land ownership, transfers and prices;10. Invites the Commission to make the EU Land Observatory fully operational, with transparent, publicly accessible and regularly updated data on land ownership, concentration, acquisitions by financial actors, land transfers and prices, including specific monitoring of land grabbing and speculative practices across the Union; and to translate the Observatory’s findings into policies that advance land justice.

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Amendment 286

Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
10. Invites the Commission to make the EU Land Observatory fully operational, with transparent and regularly updated data on land ownership, transfers and prices;10. Invites the Commission to make the EU Land Observatory fully operational, with transparent and regularly updated data on land ownership, transfers and prices, land leasing, concentration of land ownership, land-use change, including land take, and national land governance models;

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Amendment 287

Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Charles Goerens

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
10. Invites the Commission to make the EU Land Observatory fully operational, with transparent and regularly updated data on land ownership, transfers and prices;10. Invites the Commission to make the EU Land Observatory fully operational, with transparent and regularly updated data on land ownership and leasing, transfers and prices, concentration of land ownership, land-use change, including land take, and national land governance models;

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Amendment 288

Katarína Roth Neveďalová

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
10. Invites the Commission to make the EU Land Observatory fully operational, with transparent and regularly updated data on land ownership, transfers and prices;10. Invites the Commission to make the EU Land Observatory fully operational, with transparent and regularly updated data on land ownership, transfers and prices; calls for the Observatory to publish data on land concentration, foreign ownership and investor-driven acquisitions;

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Amendment 289

Michal Wiezik, Jérémy Decerle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
10. Invites the Commission to make the EU Land Observatory fully operational, with transparent and regularly updated data on land ownership, transfers and prices;10. Invites the Commission to make the EU Land Observatory fully operational and adequately resourced, with transparent and regularly updated data on land ownership, transfers and prices, land concentration and land use;

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Amendment 290

Stefan Köhler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
10. Invites the Commission to make the EU Land Observatory fully operational, with transparent and regularly updated data on land ownership, transfers and prices;10. Invites the Commission to make the EU Land Observatory fully operational as soon as possible, with transparent and regularly updated data on land ownership, transfers and prices;

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Amendment 291

Michal Wiezik, Emma Wiesner, Jérémy Decerle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
10a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the EU Land Observatory regularly assesses barriers to land access for young farmers and new entrants and identifies best practices to improve land access and generational renewal;

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Amendment 292

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Cristina Guarda

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
10a. Stresses that land concentration and speculative acquisitions are a structural challenge faced by all Member States and must therefore be addressed at European level;

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Amendment 293

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
10a. Urges the Member States to introduce or maintain, where applicable, tax incentives and other targeted measures aimed at helping young farmers gain access to farmland; underscores the particular importance of favourable tax regimes for the purposes of transferring and acquiring land and of measures to alleviate the financial burden of getting set up and starting out on a new farm – one of the main obstacles to generational renewal in the agricultural sector which needs to be eliminated;

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Amendment 294

Michal Wiezik, Emma Wiesner, Jérémy Decerle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
10b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to use the findings of the EU Land Observatory to develop measures facilitating access to land for young farmers and new entrants, including through land-matching services, land banks, public land inventories and farm succession schemes;

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Amendment 295

Pär Holmgren

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Cristina Guarda

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
10b. Calls on the Commission to establish a dedicated working group, bringing together Member States, the Land Observatory, all relevant stakeholders and with the support of academia, to analyse the Observatory's findings, facilitate exchange of good practices on national land governance tools, and foster common approaches to agricultural land governance at EU level;

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Amendment 296

Michal Wiezik, Emma Wiesner, Jérémy Decerle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10 c (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
10c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support local initiatives that monitor and unlock land availability for young and new farmers;

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Amendment 297

Luke Ming Flanagan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
11. Stresses that payment entitlements should support, rather than hinder, generational renewal by ensuring fair access to these payment entitlements, preventing speculative transfers and aligning entitlement systems with farm succession, land mobility and productive agricultural activity;11. Welcomes the abolition of the entitlement system in the new reform of CAP as this system, based on historical agricultural activity, discriminated against young farmers and new entrants, stresses that CAP payments should support, generational renewal by ensuring fair access to CAP supports , calls, in this context, for strong capping and degressivity as tools to support young farmers, new farmers and small farmers thereby facilitating generational renewal.

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Amendment 298

Claire Fita, Eric Sargiacomo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
11. Stresses that payment entitlements should support, rather than hinder, generational renewal by ensuring fair access to these payment entitlements, preventing speculative transfers and aligning entitlement systems with farm succession, land mobility and productive agricultural activity;11. Stresses that payment entitlements should disappear in the next CAP in order to decrease the entry cost for newcomers and considers that degressive payments and coupled payments have less negative impact of the rise of land prices than decoupled area payments

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Amendment 299

Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
11. Stresses that payment entitlements should support, rather than hinder, generational renewal by ensuring fair access to these payment entitlements, preventing speculative transfers and aligning entitlement systems with farm succession, land mobility and productive agricultural activity;11. Stresses that payment entitlements should prioritise generational renewal by ensuring fair access to these payment entitlements, favouring active farmers, young farmers and new entrants, while preventing speculative transfers, and aligning entitlement schemes with farm succession, land mobility and productive agricultural activity; calls, in this context, for strong capping and degressivity as tools to reduce land concentration and land pressure, thereby facilitating generational renewal.

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Amendment 300

André Franqueira Rodrigues

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
11. Stresses that payment entitlements should support, rather than hinder, generational renewal by ensuring fair access to these payment entitlements, preventing speculative transfers and aligning entitlement systems with farm succession, land mobility and productive agricultural activity;11. Stresses that payment entitlements should support, rather than hinder, generational renewal by ensuring fair access to these payment entitlements, preventing speculative transfers and aligning entitlement systems with farm succession, land mobility and productive agricultural activity; calls on Member States maintaining entitlement-based systems to ensure young farmers and new entrants priority and simplified access schemes through national or regional reserves;

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Amendment 301

Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Pekka Toveri, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
11. Stresses that payment entitlements should support, rather than hinder, generational renewal by ensuring fair access to these payment entitlements, preventing speculative transfers and aligning entitlement systems with farm succession, land mobility and productive agricultural activity;11. Stresses that payment entitlements should support, rather than hinder, generational renewal by ensuring fair access to these payment entitlements, preventing speculative transfers and aligning entitlement systems with farm succession, land mobility and productive agricultural activity; emphasises that payment entitlements should fairly reward active farmers engaged in genuine agricultural activity;

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Amendment 302

Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Tomáš Kubín, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Gilles Pennelle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
11a. Stresses that young farmers in the European Union are two to three times more likely to have their loan applications rejected than farmers over the age of 40, mainly due to limited collateral, capital and credit history; highlights that, in some cases, more than 50 % of loan applications submitted by young farmers are rejected, compared to 32 % for older farmers;

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Amendment 303

Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Pekka Toveri, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
11a. underlines the need for a stronger definition and enforcement of the active farmer principle to ensure that support is targeted at those actively farming the land and to prevent speculative practices that restrict land mobility and hinder young farmers’ access to land;

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Amendment 304

Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Charles Goerens

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
11a. Recalls that Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 sets out guidelines for defining the active farmer principle; stresses the need to better define and build upon this active farmer principle in order to ensure that aid reaches those who actually engage in agricultural activity and does not contribute to land hoarding or speculative practices that limit young farmers' access to land;

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Amendment 305

Carmen Crespo Díaz, Maria Walsh

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
11a. Calls on Member States to encourage, on a voluntary basis and while respecting private property rights, the pooling, consolidation or joint management of land by young farmers, with a view to reducing costs, improving the economic viability of farms, facilitating joint investment and strengthening their position in the market;

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Amendment 306

Marta Wcisło

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
11a. Safeguarding the continuity and economic viability of family farms requires avoiding excessive fragmentation of agricultural holdings. Calls on Member States to prevent such fragmentation in succession processes involving several heirs, including by facilitating joint management or cooperation among young successors who intend to continue farming;

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Amendment 307

Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Charles Goerens

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
11a. calls on Member States to set up land governance systems capable of detecting and combating corruption, fraud, conflicts of interest, land grabbing and other illegal practices, in order to guarantee equitable access to land — particularly for young people — and to direct public aid towards active farmers;

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Amendment 308

Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
11a. Calls on Member States to develop land governance systems capable of detecting and addressing land grabbing, corruption, fraud, conflicts of interest and other illegal practices, with a view to ensuring fair access to land and directing public support to active farmers;

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