amendment list, 15 June 2026
On generational renewal in agriculture
Document AGRI-AM-789990 · (2026/2041(INI))
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
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Text 1,637 paragraphs
Amendment 309
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 12. Warns that agriculture requires high upfront investments; points out that young farmers often do not have savings, collateral or a credit history, which limits their access to finance; | 12. Warns that agriculture requires high upfront investments, in particular for the acquisition of land, equipment, infrastructure and technology; points out that young farmers often do not have savings, sufficient collateral or an established credit history, which significantly limits their access to finance; underscores the need, therefore, to develop specific financial instruments such as government guarantees, subsidised credit lines, risk-sharing arrangements and financing terms tailored to agricultural production cycles in order to reduce barriers to entry, facilitate generational renewal and make farms more economically viable; |
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Amendment 310
Sebastian Everding
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 12. Warns that agriculture requires high upfront investments; points out that young farmers often do not have savings, collateral or a credit history, which limits their access to finance; | 12. Warns that agriculture requires high upfront investments; points out that young farmers often do have more positive attitudes towards ethical and sustainable agriculture, but no savings, collateral or a credit history, which limits their access to finance; |
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Amendment 311
Maria Grapini
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 12. Warns that agriculture requires high upfront investments; points out that young farmers often do not have savings, collateral or a credit history, which limits their access to finance; | 12. Warns that agriculture requires high upfront investments; points out that young farmers often do not have savings, collateral or a credit history, which limits their access to finance; for this reason, solutions should be found to help young farmers to access finance. |
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Amendment 312
Sakis Arnaoutoglou
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 12. Warns that agriculture requires high upfront investments; points out that young farmers often do not have savings, collateral or a credit history, which limits their access to finance; | 12. Warns that agriculture requires high upfront investments; points out that young farmers often do not have savings, collateral or a credit history, which limits their access to finance, with more than 50% of their loan applications being rejected compared to 32% for older farmers; |
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Amendment 313
Marko Vešligaj, André Franqueira Rodrigues
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
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| 12a. Stresses that complex taxation systems can discourage young farmers from entering and remaining in the agricultural sector and calls on Member States to develop taxation policies which ensure the viability of farming while preserving a fair and non-evasive tax system; |
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Amendment 314
Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Charles Goerens
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
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| 12a. Encourages the development of a modernised financial risk assessment framework for agriculture, reflecting the specific characteristics of the sector and reducing barriers to finance for young farmers and new entrants; |
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Amendment 315
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Marta Wcisło
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
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| 12a. Encourages the development of a modernised financial risk assessment framework for agriculture, reflecting the specific characteristics of the sector and reducing barriers to finance for young farmers and new entrants; |
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Amendment 316
Peter Agius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
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| 12a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to allow, where appropriate and subject to clear quality, safety, and environmental standards, the purchase of second-hand agricultural equipment under schemes for young farmers; stresses that this would increase purchasing power of young and new farmers, particularly in small and financially constrained holdings; |
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Amendment 317
Luis-Vicențiu Lazarus
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
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| 12a. Stresses that limited access to finance particularly affects young farmers who take over family farms or establish new farms and calls on the Member States to develop national guarantee and support mechanisms tailored to the nature of the agricultural sector, to facilitate their access to credit and productive investments; |
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Amendment 318
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Marta Wcisło
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
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| 12a. Calls for a stronger and more effective framework to combat unfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chain; underlines that fair remuneration, predictable farm income, and a stronger bargaining position for farmers are prerequisites for encouraging young people to enter and remain in the sector; |
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Amendment 319
Pär Holmgren
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Cristina Guarda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 13. Calls for tailored financial instruments for young farmers and new entrants and invites the Commission and the Member States to expand financing tools, including blended finance, guarantees, revolving funds, low-interest loans and long-term credit; | 13. Calls for tailored gender-sensitive financial instruments for young famers and new entrants and invites the Commission and Member States to expand targeted financing tools, including blended finance, guarantees, revolving funds, low-interest loans or long-term credit; notes however with concern that access to credit tends to favor capital-intensive strategies that can lead to overindebtedness, contribute to land concentration and ultimately force smaller farms out of the market, undermining the diversity and resilience of the agricultural sector that generational renewal should protect; stresses therefore that easy access to credit must not come at the cost of locking young farmers into unsustainable debt burdens; |
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Amendment 320
Carmen Crespo Díaz; Maria Walsh
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 13. Calls for tailored financial instruments for young farmers and new entrants and invites the Commission and the Member States to expand financing tools, including blended finance, guarantees, revolving funds, low-interest loans and long-term credit; | 13. Calls for tailored financial instruments for young farmers and new entrants and invites the Commission, the Member States and the European Investment Bank to expand financing tools, including blended finance, public guarantees, revolving funds, low-interest loans, long-term credit, grace periods and securities that would minimise or eliminate the need for additional collateral during the initial phase of the activity in question; |
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Amendment 321
Cristina Maestre
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
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| 13. Calls for tailored financial instruments for young farmers and new entrants and invites the Commission and the Member States to expand financing tools, including blended finance, guarantees, revolving funds, low-interest loans and long-term credit; | 13. Calls for tailored financial instruments for young farmers and new entrants and invites the Commission and the Member States to expand financing tools, including blended finance, guarantees, revolving funds, tax exemptions and incentives, low-interest loans and long-term credit; |
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Amendment 322
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Marta Wcisło
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 13. Calls for tailored financial instruments for young farmers and new entrants and invites the Commission and the Member States to expand financing tools, including blended finance, guarantees, revolving funds, low-interest loans and long-term credit; | 13. Calls for tailored financial instruments for young farmers and new entrants and invites the Commission and the Member States to expand financing tools, including blended finance, guarantees, revolving funds, low-interest loans and long-term credit; highlights that such instruments should provide financing conditions adapted to the specific investment cycles of agriculture and the needs of young farmers, including via preferential interest rates, repayment flexibilities and grace periods, where necessary; further calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen collaboration with private financial institutions to improve understanding and recognition of diverse and innovative farming models and improve their access to finance; |
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Amendment 323
Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Charles Goerens
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 13. Calls for tailored financial instruments for young farmers and new entrants and invites the Commission and the Member States to expand financing tools, including blended finance, guarantees, revolving funds, low-interest loans and long-term credit; | 13. Calls for tailored financial instruments for young farmers and new entrants and invites the Commission and the Member States to expand financing tools, including blended finance, guarantees, revolving funds, low-interest loans and long-term credit; highlights that such instruments should provide financing conditions adapted to the specific investment cycles of agriculture and the needs of young farmers, including via preferential interest rates, repayment flexibilities and grace periods where necessary ; |
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Amendment 324
Peter Agius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 13. Calls for tailored financial instruments for young farmers and new entrants and invites the Commission and the Member States to expand financing tools, including blended finance, guarantees, revolving funds, low-interest loans and long-term credit; | 13. Calls for tailored financial instruments for young farmers and new entrants and invites the Commission and the Member States to expand financing tools, including blended finance, guarantees, revolving funds, low-interest loans and long-term credit; with simplified access for small-scale and fragmented holdings, pre-financing options, and reduced collateral requirements for young farmers investing in modernisation, irrigation, storage, processing, and marketing capacity; |
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Amendment 325
Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 13. Calls for tailored financial instruments for young farmers and new entrants and invites the Commission and the Member States to expand financing tools, including blended finance, guarantees, revolving funds, low-interest loans and long-term credit; | 13. Calls for tailored financial instruments for young farmers and new entrants and invites the Commission and the Member States to expand financing tools, including blended finance, guarantees, revolving funds, low-interest loans and long-term credit, including for land acquisition; stresses that these instruments should also promote decent working and living conditions, including access to healthcare, environmental protection and gender equality.; |
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Amendment 326
Luke Ming Flanagan
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 13. Calls for tailored financial instruments for young farmers and new entrants and invites the Commission and the Member States to expand financing tools, including blended finance, guarantees, revolving funds, low-interest loans and long-term credit; | 13. Calls for tailored financial instruments for young farmers and new entrants and invites the Commission and the Member States to expand financing tools, including blended finance, guarantees, revolving funds, low-interest loans and long-term credit, insists however that these tools must be stress tested against market fluctuations to ensure that young farmers are not encouraged into taking on unsustainable debt; |
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Amendment 327
Esther Herranz García
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 13. Calls for tailored financial instruments for young farmers and new entrants and invites the Commission and the Member States to expand financing tools, including blended finance, guarantees, revolving funds, low-interest loans and long-term credit; | 13. Calls for tailored financial instruments for young farmers and new entrants and invites the Commission and the Member States to expand financing tools, including blended finance, guarantees, revolving funds, low-interest loans and long-term credit; highlights that those instruments must offer more advantageous conditions for promoting digitalisation and innovation in agricultural production; |
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Amendment 328
Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Charles Goerens
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 13a. Calls on Member States to continue and strengthen the complementary income support for young farmers in the 2028-2034 CAP; requests that this top-up payment be distributed over 5 years, decoupled from eligible hectares, ceilings or degressivity, and accessible to every young farmer, including within joint-installation corporate structures; |
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Amendment 329
Pär Holmgren
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Cristina Guarda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 13a. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with Member States and financial institutions including national promotional banks and credit institutions, to develop alternative financial instruments better suited to smaller-scale and agroecological farm models, including solidarity finance, cooperative credit schemes and patient capital mechanisms; calls in parallel on the Commission and Member States to develop debt mediation and early-warning support services to accompany farmers in financial difficulty; |
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Amendment 330
Salvatore De Meo
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 13a. Calls on the Member States, in the context of measures aimed at young farmers and generational renewal, to provide better access to financial instruments aimed at helping young farmers get set up, supporting investments and facilitating the development of agricultural undertakings; |
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Amendment 331
Stefan Köhler
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 13a. Underlines the need for financial products to be adequately tailored to the needs of young farmers, inclduing adequately long terms and stable conditions, to create a secure financing and investment environment which in turn empowers young farmers to adapt and innovate but also allows them to realise the often long-term benefits of their investments for example when it comes to farm infrastructure, process optimization or automization. |
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Amendment 332
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Maria Walsh
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 13a. Calls for financial instruments intended for young farmers to take account of the specific difficulties faced by young farmers in accessing credit, guarantees and start-up investment, by fostering specially adapted funding lines, public collateral, financial advice and support for projects led by women in the agricultural, livestock-rearing, cooperative and agri-food processing sectors; |
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Amendment 333
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 13a. Calls on the Member States to ensure favourable tax treatment for young farmers and to avoid imposing taxes or levies on subsidies granted to young farmers under the CAP, as well as on other forms of finance and support intended for setting up, investments and generational renewal in agriculture, so that the impact of these instruments continues to be fully beneficial to farmers; |
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Amendment 334
Christine Singer, Asger Christensen, Charles Goerens, Barry Cowen, Ciaran Mullooly
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 13a. Calls for investment support for young farmers to give particular attention to livestock holdings, modern and animal-friendly housing systems, manure management and climate-resilient farm infrastructure, so that young farmers can invest in future-oriented livestock production while maintaining economic viability; |
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Amendment 335
Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Charles Goerens
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 13a. calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue investigating on the possibility for young farmers or new entrants to leverage external capital to finance their installation, while ensuring that these farmers remain the decision-makers regarding their operational choices; |
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Amendment 336
Claire Fita, Eric Sargiacomo
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to further support collective investments, particularly in shared mechanisation, processing infrastructure, storage and marketing, in order to reduce installation costs, improve farm competitiveness and foster territorial dynamics; |
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Amendment 337
Ciaran Mullooly, Jérémy Decerle
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 13a. Calls on the Commission to support Member States in introducing targeted income-tax reliefs for new entrants into farming and skilled agricultural workers, including temporary schemes modelled on successful talent-attraction measures used in other strategic sectors. |
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Amendment 338
Salvatore De Meo
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 13b. Calls for closer cooperation between the Commission, the Member States, the EIB and the European Investment Fund in order to develop and strengthen financial instruments specifically aimed at helping young farmers get set up, supporting investments and facilitating the development of agricultural undertakings; underscores the particular importance of government guarantee schemes and risk-sharing arrangements between public authorities and financial institutions for the purposes of improving access to credit and reducing financial barriers to entry in the agricultural sector; |
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Amendment 339
Salvatore De Meo
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 13b. Underscores the importance of establishing dedicated funding schemes that take account of the specific economic characteristics of the agricultural sector and the time it takes for new businesses to become profitable, which should include, where appropriate, favourable terms for the loans awarded to young farmers, such as a minimum four-year grace period; |
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Amendment 340
Ciaran Mullooly
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 13b. Calls for a review of income averaging eligibility rules to ensure that young farmers and new entrants can access the measure at an earlier stage of their farming careers. |
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Amendment 341
André Franqueira Rodrigues
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 14. Warns that young farmers are increasingly exposed to climate, market and disease-related risks and face unequal access to risk-management tools; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen risk-management toolsand improve accessibility for young farmers; | 14. Warns that young farmers are increasingly exposed to climate, market and disease-related risks, including water scarcity, droughts, extreme weather events, soil degradation and animal and plant health crises, and face unequal access to risk-management tools; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen risk-management tools and improve accessibility for young farmers, while supporting climate adaptation, sustainable water management and long-term farm resilience; |
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Amendment 342
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 14. Warns that young farmers are increasingly exposed to climate, market and disease-related risks and face unequal access to risk-management tools; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen risk-management toolsand improve accessibility for young farmers; | 14. Warns that young farmers are increasingly exposed to climate, market and disease-related risks and face unequal access to risk-management tools; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen risk-management tools, climate adaptation measures and crisis preparedness and improve accessibility for young farmers; invites Member States to exchange best practices and better align risk management tools, to better reflect the evolving regional climate conditions; |
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Amendment 343
Claire Fita, Eric Sargiacomo
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 14. Warns that young farmers are increasingly exposed to climate, market and disease-related risks and face unequal access to risk-management tools; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen risk-management toolsand improve accessibility for young farmers; | 14. Warns that young farmers are increasingly exposed to climate, market instability and disease-related risks and face unequal access to risk-management tools; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen risk-management toolsand improve accessibility for young farmers, but also to adopt more reactive and efficient crisis management tools through public interventions on the market , as well as specific incentives for agricultural practices contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation, notably crop diversification, mixed farming and improved soil health; |
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Amendment 344
Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding, Luke Ming Flanagan
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 14. Warns that young farmers are increasingly exposed to climate, market and disease-related risks and face unequal access to risk-management tools; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen risk-management toolsand improve accessibility for young farmers; | 14. Warns that young farmers are increasingly exposed to climate, market and disease-related risks and face unequal access to risk-management tools, while also enduring significant occupational health pressures, as agriculture remains one of the most dangerous sectors in the EU, with fatal accident rates around three times higher than the EU average and high levels of stress, depression and suicide compared to the general population; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen risk-management tools and improve accessibility for young farmers; |
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Amendment 345
Esther Herranz García
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 14. Warns that young farmers are increasingly exposed to climate, market and disease-related risks and face unequal access to risk-management tools; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen risk-management tools and improve accessibility for young farmers; | 14. Warns that young farmers are increasingly exposed to climate, market and disease-related risks and face unequal access to risk-management tools; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen risk-management tools and improve accessibility for young farmers, as well as margins for young farmers within these tools; |
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Amendment 346
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 14a. Underscores the need, in this context, to develop a more robust EU framework for the management of agricultural risks, including the establishment of an EU agricultural reinsurance mechanism to make the sector more resilient to the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, health crises and market disruptions, while providing greater coverage against risks, improving the stability of agricultural incomes and facilitating access to more effective and affordable insurance instruments for farmers; |
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Amendment 347
Pär Holmgren
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 14a. stresses the importance of incentivising preventative measures in risk-management tools |
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Amendment 348
Michal Wiezik, Jérémy Decerle
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 14a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to complement risk-management tools with stronger support for preventive measures and climate adaptation investments reducing exposure to climate and environmental risks, with particular attention to the long-term viability and needs of young farmers and new entrants; |
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Amendment 349
Claire Fita, Eric Sargiacomo
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 14a. Stresses that sustainable access to water and its efficient management are essential conditions for the economic viability of farms and for generational renewal, in a context of increasing droughts, floods and extreme weather events; calls on the Commission and the Member States to prioritise, under the CAP Strategic Plans, investments made by young farmers in sustainable irrigation, water storage, reuse of treated wastewater, agroecology and nature-based solutions, in order to enhance farms’ water resilience while ensuring the protection of water resources and ecosystems; |
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Amendment 350
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 14a. Stresses the importance of improving water resilience in the agricultural sector by supporting investments in water storage, transport and distribution facilities, in action to modernise and improve the efficiency of irrigation systems, and in the use of innovative technological solutions for the management of water resources with a view to enhancing the sector’s ability to adapt to climate change, reducing vulnerability to droughts and ensuring that water is available for agricultural production; |
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Amendment 351
Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Emma Wiesner, Charles Goerens
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 14a. stresses that a fair, predictable and remunerative agricultural income is essential to attract young people to farming professions and thereby ensure generational renewal; calls, therefore, for a stronger position for farmers in the value chain, for increased support for producer organizations and cooperatives, and for effective measures to be taken against unfair trading practices; |
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Amendment 352
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 14b. Acknowledges the intrinsic links between human health, animal health and the environment; notes that one of the priorities of the Horizon Europe programme, together with the European Competitiveness Fund and the CAP, should be the research and development of vaccines for animal diseases, which all farmers should be able to swiftly procure on an equal footing; |
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Amendment 353
Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Benoit Cassart, Charles Goerens
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
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| 15. Stresses the importance of communication on financing and risk-management tools to increase their uptake among young farmers; | 15. Stresses that the uptake of financing and risk management tools depends not only on awareness but also on their accessibility; calls for simpler administrative procedures, adequate advisory support and user-friendly implementation conditions for young farmers; |
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Amendment 354
Stefan Köhler
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 15. Stresses the importance of communication on financing and risk-management tools to increase their uptake among young farmers; | 15. Stresses the importance of comprehensive and practical communication on financing and risk-management tools as well as advice on business plans to increase their uptake among young farmers and provide meaningful services with tangible results, for example via dedicated information and/or consultation services as part of rural development offices or other applicable, dedicated services at the local or regional level. |
Or. en
Amendment 355
Maria Grapini
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 15. Stresses the importance of communication on financing and risk-management tools to increase their uptake among young farmers; | 15. Stresses the importance of communication on financing and risk-management tools, as increasing the awareness and confidence of young farmers contributes to wider use of these tools. |
Or. ro
Amendment 356
Michal Wiezik, Jérémy Decerle
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 15. Stresses the importance of communication on financing and risk-management tools to increase their uptake among young farmers; | 15. Stresses the importance of communication on financing, adaptation and risk-management tools to increase their uptake among young farmers; |
Or. en
Amendment 357
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 15a. Stresses the need to promote training and capacity-building programmes in financial literacy, business management and investment planning in order to better equip young farmers with the skills they need to gain access to credit, assess financing options, manage risks and make informed financial decisions, and ultimately make their farms more economically viable and competitive; |
Or. pt
Amendment 358
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Pekka Toveri
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 15a. Points out that the uptake of financing and risk management tools depends not only on awareness but also on their accessibility; calls for simpler administrative procedures, adequate advisory support and user-friendly implementation conditions for young farmers; |
Or. en
Amendment 359
Georgiana Teodorescu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 15a. Emphasizes that generational renewal will fail if primary agricultural production remains the least profitable segment of the food value chain; calls on the Commission and Member States to strictly enforce the Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs) Directive, ensuring that young farmers possess the contractual leverage to negotiate fair prices that cover their high initial costs of production and guarantee a decent livelihood; |
Or. en
Amendment 360
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Maria Walsh
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 15a. Calls on the Commission to enable Member States, within the relevant European framework, to establish a specific form of taxation that is adapted for young farmers entering agriculture, including incentives, grants or deferrals connected to setting up, production investments, farm transfers, land acquisition, and continuing in agriculture; |
Or. es
Amendment 361
Marta Wcisło
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 15a. Recognises that generational renewal in European agriculture is closely linked to the ability of farmers to compete on fair terms, and stresses the importance of ensuring that imported agricultural products from third countries are subject to appropriate safeguards and standards, so as to protect the competitiveness and long-term viability of EU farms |
Or. en
Amendment 362
Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Benoit Cassart, Charles Goerens
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 15a. Stresses that increasing climate, sanitary, market and geopolitical risks constitute a growing barrier to generational renewal; calls for stronger support for risk management instruments, climate adaptation measures and crisis preparedness for young farmers; |
Or. en
Amendment 363
Salvatore De Meo
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 15a. Stresses that the banking sector should give greater recognition to young farmers who use such risk management tools to reduce their exposure for the purposes of assessing credit applications; |
Or. it
Amendment 364
Salvatore De Meo
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 15b. Stresses the need, moreover, to improve specialist training for employees at credit institutions to enable them to assess business plans in the field of agriculture and the risks inherent in the sector, including taking due account of investment cycles, how long it takes to generate economic returns, longer repayment periods and the specific risk profiles of agriculture in comparison to other emerging sectors; |
Or. it
Amendment 365
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 15a. Condemns the Commission’s proposal to stop farmers who are of retirement age and receive a pension from being eligible for direct payments from 2032 onwards; believes that this fails to reflect the differences between agricultural structures across the EU and the socio-economic reality of many family farms; argues, therefore, that eligibility for direct payments should continue to be based on actual farming activities, regardless of the farmer's retirement status; |
Or. pt
Amendment 366
Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Valérie Deloge, Gilles Pennelle
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 16. Points out that farm succession is hindered by inadequate pensions, financial insecurity, complex inheritance rules and administrative burdens; | 16. Strongly affirms that civil law, land ownership, rural lease control, succession rules as well as retirement and social pension schemes fall within the exclusive and sovereign competence of the Member States; opposes any attempt to harmonise these rights or integrate them into the control mechanisms of the European Semester; |
Or. fr
Amendment 367
Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding, Luke Ming Flanagan
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 16. Points out that farm succession is hindered by inadequate pensions, financial insecurity, complex inheritance rules and administrative burdens; | 16. Points out that farm succession is hindered by low retirement incomes, financial insecurity, increasing land prices, complex inheritance rules, administrative burdens, and difficulties in accessing the services needed to set up a farm, such as nurseries and transport, particularly in rural areas, islands and the outermost regions; |
Or. en
Amendment 368
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 16. Points out that farm succession is hindered by inadequate pensions, financial insecurity, complex inheritance rules and administrative burdens; | 16. Points out that farm succession is hindered by inadequate pensions, financial insecurity, complex inheritance rules, limited availability of succession planning and administrative burdens; points out furthermore the lack of incentives for farm transfers, land mobility and mediation schemes; |
Or. en
Amendment 369
Alexander Bernhuber
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 16. Points out that farm succession is hindered by inadequate pensions, financial insecurity, complex inheritance rules and administrative burdens; | 16. Points out that farm succession is hindered by inadequate pensions, financial insecurity, heavy tax burdens, complex inheritance rules and administrative burdens; |
Or. de
Amendment 370
Willemien Koning
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 16. Points out that farm succession is hindered by inadequate pensions, financial insecurity, complex inheritance rules and administrative burdens; | 16. Points out that farm succession is hindered by inadequate pensions, financial insecurity, complex inheritance rules, burdensome taxation rules and administrative burdens; |
Or. en
Amendment 371
Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Charles Goerens
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 16. Points out that farm succession is hindered by inadequate pensions, financial insecurity, complex inheritance rules and administrative burdens; | 16. Points out that farm succession is hindered by inadequate pensions, financial insecurity, complex inheritance rules and administrative burdens, as well as by land retention; |
Or. en
Amendment 372
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 16a. Points out that in many cases, farmers’ pensions are still below the level of income they need to be able to guarantee a decent standard of living, and are particularly ill-suited to a stage of their lives when the costs of healthcare, care and long-term care tend to rise; deems it crucial, therefore, to create the conditions to ensure that farmers can enjoy a financially secure retirement, to facilitate the transfer of farms from one generation to the next and to promote generational renewal in the agricultural sector; |
Or. pt
Amendment 373
Alexander Bernhuber
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 16a. Points out that land access as well as farm transfers to the younger generation trigger substantial tax payments in several Member States, for example under the heading of land transfer tax, gift tax or inheritance tax, which places an additional burden on young farmers during the start-up period which is in any case capital-intensive, and delays or prevents farm transfers; |
Or. de
Amendment 374
Alexander Bernhuber
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 16b. Calls on the Member States, as part of their jurisdiction over tax-related matters, to conceive and make provision for targeted tax relief for farm succession and for family and non-family farm transfers; |
Or. de
Amendment 375
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 16a. Stresses the importance of recognising and supporting the transfer of farms between generations and ensuring that support mechanisms designed to help young farmers get set up take proper account of family succession, given that the continuity of farming across generations is one of the key factors behind promoting generational renewal, consolidating technical expertise and maintaining production in rural areas; |
Or. pt
Amendment 376
Marta Wcisło
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 16a. Recognises that family farms play a crucial role in facilitating successful generational renewal, remaining a backbone of the European agriculture |
Or. en
Amendment 377
Stefan Köhler
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 16a. Acknowledges the wage discrepancy between the agricultural sector and other economic sectors. A farmer's salary can lie (far) below the national average gross salary of a Member State; therefore encourages Member States to facilitate data collection and comparative efforts to work towards greater pay transparency for farmers both at national level and across the EU; and urges Member States to intensify their efforts to reach fair compensation for farmers; |
Or. en
Amendment 378
Daniel Buda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 16a. Calls on the Member States, in close collaboration with the Commission, to develop warning and preventive advisory mechanisms for farmers which will provide timely information on climate, plant health, animal health and market risks so as to enable the timely adoption of measures to protect crops, livestock and agricultural investments; |
Or. ro
Amendment 379
Pär Holmgren
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 16a. Notes that social and psychological factors also play significant roles in farm succession; |
Or. en
Amendment 380
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 17. Invites the Member States to review their pension schemes and retirement conditions and introduce incentives facilitating gradual retirement and intergenerational cooperation; stresses that older farmers must be able to retire with dignity and without losing basic income support; | 17. Invites the Member States to review their pension schemes and retirement conditions and strengthen pension coverage for farmers; further calls on the Member States to introduce incentives facilitating gradual retirement, intergenerational cooperation and farm transfers and supporting the uptake of supplementary private pension schemes through financial planning assistance and awareness programmes; stresses the importance of providing farmers with accessible advice and support on retirement planning and farm succession, and calls for efforts to ensure that all persons actively engaged in farming, including family members, spouses and partners, have adequate access to social protection and the opportunity to build independent pension entitlements; stresses that older farmers must be able to retire with dignity and financial security, supported by adequate pension and social protection systems, while ensuring that CAP support remains targeted to active farmers and facilitates land mobility towards young farmers and new entrants; |
Or. en
Amendment 381
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Maria Walsh
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 17. Invites the Member States to review their pension schemes and retirement conditions and introduce incentives facilitating gradual retirement and intergenerational cooperation; stresses that older farmers must be able to retire with dignity and without losing basic income support; | 17. Invites the Member States to review their pension schemes and retirement conditions and introduce incentives facilitating gradual retirement, intergenerational cooperation and transferring farms efficiently to young farmers; stresses that older farmers must be able to retire with dignity and without losing basic income support and that fiscal, succession and advisory instruments must foster an orderly transition for the farm; |
Or. es
Amendment 382
Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Charles Goerens
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 17. Invites the Member States to review their pension schemes and retirement conditions and introduce incentives facilitating gradual retirement and intergenerational cooperation; stresses that older farmers must be able to retire with dignity and without losing basic income support; | 17. Invites the Member States to review their pension schemes and retirement conditions and introduce incentives facilitating gradual retirement and intergenerational cooperation; stresses that older farmers must be able to retire with dignity and financial security, supported by adequate pension and social protection systems, while ensuring that CAP support remains targeted to active farmers and facilitates land mobility towards young farmers and new entrants; |
Or. en
Amendment 383
Pär Holmgren
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 17. Invites the Member States to review their pension schemes and retirement conditions and introduce incentives facilitating gradual retirement and intergenerational cooperation; stresses that older farmers must be able to retire with dignity and without losing basic income support; | 17. Invites Member States to review pension schemes and retirement conditions and introduce incentives facilitating gradual retirement, part-time farming and intergenerational cooperation; stresses that older farmers must be able to retire with dignity without losing basic income; |
Or. en
Amendment 384
André Franqueira Rodrigues
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 17 a. Underlines that farmer retirement, farm succession and young farmers’ installation should be treated as parts of the same integrated policy chain and that older farmers should not face administrative or fiscal penalties when transferring farms, land or productive assets to the next generation; |
Or. en
Amendment 385
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 17a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to look into the possibility of establishing an EU-funded early retirement scheme for farmers in order to enable farms to be handed down from one generation to the next; considers that such a measure should provide financial security for farmers nearing the end of their careers, promote the swift transfer of farms to young farmers and help to expedite generational renewal, while making farms in rural areas more competitive and improving the continuity thereof; |
Or. pt
Amendment 386
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 17b. Invites the Commission and the Member States to support voluntary farm succession schemes that facilitate the gradual transfer of managerial responsibilities, skills and farm assets to younger farmers through structured succession plans;; |
Or. en
Amendment 387
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 17c. Underlines that effective generational renewal requires policies that are beneficial to both generations and ensure the continuity and viability of family farming; |
Or. en
Amendment 388
Pär Holmgren
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Anna Strolenberg
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 17a. Points out that the fragility of the status of farmers’ spouses and partners is hindering generational renewal; notes in particular the difficulty for them to access the already globally insufficient social services normally accessible to farmers, in particular pension rights, maternity leave, relief services and training; notes, in that respect, that the ‘single owner/farm manager’ rule that applies in many Member States contributes heavily to this issue and calls on the Member States to facilitate formal co-entrepreneurship in farming; |
Or. en
Amendment 389
Alexander Bernhuber
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 17a. Stresses that reliable social security benefits and a separate social welfare and pension insurance scheme for farmers are key prerequisites, not only for a dignified retirement for the retiring generation, but also as protection for the succeeding generation; calls on the Member States to strengthen their social security schemes for farmers and to remove obstacles under social law to orderly farm transfers; |
Or. de
Amendment 390
Veronika Vrecionová, Georgiana Teodorescu, Jessika van Leeuwen
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 17a. Invites the Commission to identify, assess and promote best practices from Member States or to develop guidance based on successful national experiences with voluntary retirement and farm transfer schemes, including phased retirement arrangements, tax and financial incentives, and succession planning services, with a view to facilitating generational renewal across the Union; |
Or. en
Amendment 391
André Franqueira Rodrigues
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 17a. Encourages Member States to draw on best practices from existing agricultural social insurance schemes across the Union in order to strengthen social protection and retirement income adequacy for farmers, particularly in economically vulnerable sectors and regions where low profitability creates additional barriers to timely farm transfer; |
Or. en
Amendment 392
Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Emma Wiesner, Charles Goerens
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 17a. Calls on Member States, without prejudice to their competences, to use appropriate fiscal tools, including tax reliefs and incentives to facilitate farm transfer, succession and land mobility in favour of young farmers and new entrants; |
Or. en
Amendment 393
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Marta Wcisło
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 17a. Calls on Member States to use appropriate fiscal tools, including tax reliefs and incentives to facilitate farm transfer, succession and land mobility in favour of young farmers and new entrants; |
Or. en
Amendment 394
Esther Herranz García
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 17a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to study models of incentives for the transfer of farms that compensate farmers of retirement age who decide to pass on their farms to young people; |
Or. es
Amendment 395
Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Valérie Deloge, Gilles Pennelle
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 18. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to develop integrated advisory models supporting farming families throughout succession planning, including the legal, financial, administrative and social aspects; | 18. Encourages the Member States to develop integrated advisory models supporting farming families throughout succession planning, including the legal, financial, administrative and social aspects; |
Or. fr
Amendment 396
Willemien Koning
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 18. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to develop integrated advisory models supporting farming families throughout succession planning, including the legal, financial, administrative and social aspects; | 18. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to develop integrated advisory models supporting farming families throughout succession planning, including the legal, financial, administrative and social aspects, and to ensure that taxation rules facilitate rather than hinder the transfer of holdings, in particular within the family; |
Or. en
Amendment 397
Maria Grapini
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 18. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to develop integrated advisory models supporting farming families throughout succession planning, including the legal, financial, administrative and social aspects; | 18. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to develop integrated advisory models supporting farming families throughout succession planning, including the legal, financial, administrative and social aspects; with a view to the transfer of land and farms to new generations. |
Or. ro
Amendment 398
Pär Holmgren
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 18. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to develop integrated advisory models supporting farming families throughout succession planning, including the legal, financial, administrative and social aspects; | 18. Encourages the Commission and Member States to develop integrated advisory models supporting farming families throughout succession planning, including legal, financial, administrative, psychological and social aspects; |
Or. en
Amendment 399
Benoit Cassart, Asger Christensen, Christine Singer, Jérémy Decerle, Charles Goerens
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 18a. Invites Member States to develop fiscal incentives such a reduced inheritance duties on the land leased to farmers under long-term arrangements in order to facilitate farm succession and investment by young farmers; |
Or. en
Amendment 400
André Franqueira Rodrigues
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 18a. Stresses the importance of mentoring schemes and intergenerational knowledge transfer to ensure that skills, experience and local agricultural knowledge are passed on to young farmers and new entrants; |
Or. en
Amendment 401
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Maria Walsh
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 18a. Calls for succession advice models that include mediation services, business planning, share valuations, taxation, access to financing and legal support, in order to avoid family disputes, speed up the transfer and offer some security to both the outgoing farmer and the incoming young farmer; |
Or. es
Amendment 402
Stefan Köhler
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 18a. Encourages the European Commission to facilitate the exchange of best practises on adequate retirement schemes and/ or farm succession models and among the Member States to create better outcomes for farm managers wishing to transition into retirement and facilitate the entry of young farm managers. |
Or. en
Amendment 403
Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Tomáš Kubín, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Gilles Pennelle
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 18a. Stresses that the proposal to abolish income support for retired farmers does not ensure generational renewal, and that the absence of such support would force Member States to compensate those who, thanks to their valuable experience, provide indispensable guidance to younger generations; |
Or. en
Amendment 404
Ciaran Mullooly, Jérémy Decerle, Christine Singer
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 18a. Calls on the Commission to support Member States in adopting measures that facilitate early, orderly and secure intergenerational farm transfer, including targeted tax measures, legal certainty for family farming structures and effective support for new entrants; |
Or. en
Amendment 405
Ciaran Mullooly
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 18b. Calls on the Commission to develop EU guidance on prenuptial agreements to support their recognition and enforceability across Member States, with a view to protecting family farm assets during succession and intergenerational transfer. |
Or. en
Amendment 406
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 19. Emphasises that generational renewal cannot rely solely on family succession; calls for stronger support for new entrants, people from non-farming backgrounds, cooperative farming models and innovative access to productive assets; | 19. Emphasises that generational renewal cannot rely solely on family succession; stresses that collaborative farming arrangements, including partnerships, share farming, contract rearing, and long-term leasing offer viable alternative entry pathways; warns that their uptake remains uneven, partly due to financial constraints and lack of clarity around roles and responsibilities; calls on the Commission and the Member States to offer stronger support for new entrants, people from non-farming backgrounds, cooperative farming models and innovative access to productive assets, including funding and formalised management structures, in order to improve their effectiveness and accessibility. |
Or. en
Amendment 407
Pär Holmgren
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Cristina Guarda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 19. Emphasises that generational renewal cannot rely solely on family succession; calls for stronger support for new entrants, people from non-farming backgrounds, cooperative farming models and innovative access to productive assets; | 19. Emphasises that generational renewal cannot rely solely on family succession; Underlines that new entrants from non-farming backgrounds face increased barriers including lack of land, capital, collateral, social networks and sectoral knowledge; calls for stronger support for new entrants, people from non-farming backgrounds, cooperative farming models and innovative access to productive assets; calls in particular for Member States to develop dedicated pathways for new entrants from non-farming backgrounds, including extended mentoring, step-by-step farm incubation models, access to test farms and cooperative installation structures; |
Or. en
Amendment 408
Claire Fita, Eric Sargiacomo
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 19. Emphasises that generational renewal cannot rely solely on family succession; calls for stronger support for new entrants, people from non-farming backgrounds, cooperative farming models and innovative access to productive assets; | 19. Emphasises that generational renewal cannot rely solely on family succession; calls for stronger support for new entrants, people from non-farming backgrounds, cooperative farming models and innovative access to productive assets, including progressive establishment pathways, farm incubators, mentoring schemes and facilitated access to credit and land; |
Or. en
Amendment 409
Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding, Luke Ming Flanagan
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 19. Emphasises that generational renewal cannot rely solely on family succession; calls for stronger support for new entrants, people from non-farming backgrounds, cooperative farming models and innovative access to productive assets; | 19. Emphasises that generational renewal cannot rely solely on family succession; calls for stronger support for new entrants, people from non-farming backgrounds, cooperative and collective farming models and innovative access to productive assets; |
Or. en
Amendment 410
Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 19a. Stresses that generational renewal is now structurally undermined by a profound land crisis, resulting from the increasing financialisation of agricultural land, speculation and land grabbing by investment funds and corporate entities that treat agricultural land as a financial asset to the detriment of its role in providing food and serving the community; deplores the accelerated disappearance of small and medium-sized farms, forced to sell or abandon their land in the face of land prices that are unaffordable for young farmers without family capital; points out that this concentration exacerbates inequalities in access to setting up in farming and renders support policies for setting up meaningless as long as land remains subject solely to market forces; |
Or. en
Amendment 411
Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 19a. calls for a substantial strengthening of land regulation tools, in particular the powers of pre-emption and control over the sale of shares held by the relevant public bodies; calls for transparency regarding the beneficial ownership of agricultural land, for public land holding mechanisms to limit debt incurred when setting up a farm, and for measures to combat excessive land concentration; |
Or. en
Amendment 412
Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 19a. considers that agricultural land cannot be reduced to a financial asset and that it constitutes a strategic asset serving food sovereignty; |
Or. en
Amendment 413
Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Valérie Deloge, Gilles Pennelle
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 19a. Cautions against the growing concentration and financialisation of agricultural land, and calls for stronger national tools to protect the family farm model and facilitate land access for young farmers; |
Or. fr
Amendment 414
Pär Holmgren
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Cristina Guarda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 19a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that collective and cooperative farming structures, including joint farm management models, are fully recognised in the post-2027 CAP and in national generational renewal strategies, including through their explicit inclusion in the eligibility criteria for young farmer support measures; |
Or. en
Amendment 415
Claire Fita, Eric Sargiacomo
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 19a. Stresses that agricultural workers must be considered as an important category for contributing to generational renewal and calls for implementing appropriate training programs to help them acquire business management skills ; |
Or. en
Amendment 416
Marta Wcisło
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 19a. Acknowledges that excessive administrative requirements are among the most significant barriers to entering the agricultural sector, undermining the attractiveness of farming as a profession, in particular for young people |
Or. en
Amendment 417
Katarína Roth Neveďalová
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 19a. Emphasises that generational renewal cannot be forced and has to be gradual in order to keep the dignity of all farmers and their financial security and stability; |
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Amendment 418
Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding, Luke Ming Flanagan
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 19b. Emphasises that generational renewal offers a historic opportunity to embark the transition towards more sustainable agricultural models, and that new generations of farmers must no longer be locked into practices that perpetuate dependence on the agrochemical industry, degrade the soil, deplete biodiversity and harm the health of future farmers themselves; |
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Amendment 419
Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding, Luke Ming Flanagan
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 19b. calls for support for conversion to organic farming to be made a central focus of policies on setting up and supporting agroecological practices, and for support for diversification, short supply chains and local food sovereignty; deplores the decline in public support for organic farming and attempts to weaken the organic label; considers that these cutbacks undermine the commitments made under the ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy and discourage the next generation of farmers committed to the transition; |
Or. en
Amendment 420
Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding, Luke Ming Flanagan
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 19b. considers that an agricultural policy geared towards generational renewal cannot be limited to farm expansion and export competitiveness; warns that this model, based on concentration and dependence on chemical inputs, constitutes an economic, ecological and human dead end; calls, on the contrary, for priority support to be given to small-scale, self-sufficient farms that create jobs; calls for start-up, succession and land support schemes to favour organic and agroecological projects; |
Or. en
Amendment 421
Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding, Luke Ming Flanagan
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 19c. Considers that generational renewal can only be sustainable if future farmers are protected from the health risks that have taken such a heavy toll on their predecessors; highlights the documented links between exposure to pesticides and an increase in certain cancers, neurodegenerative diseases and chronic conditions; calls for farmers’ health to be made a priority in settlement policies, in particular by strengthening prevention and medical monitoring measures from the initial training stage onwards, accelerating the phasing out of the most dangerous substances, and ensuring effective access to occupational health services and appropriate treatment for work-related illnesses for all European farmers; |
Or. en
Amendment 422
Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding, Luke Ming Flanagan
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 19d. Stresses that climate change poses a major challenge to generational renewal, as droughts, floods and late frosts are becoming more frequent and exacerbating the instability of agricultural incomes; considers that the growing insurance risk, and the resulting prohibitive cost of private cover, constitutes a real obstacle to young farmers setting up in business; calls for the establishment of public mechanisms for pooling and guaranteeing climate risks, which are accessible and affordable for farms of all sizes, so that climate uncertainty does not become an additional barrier to entry into the profession; |
Or. en
Amendment 423
André Franqueira Rodrigues
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 20. Stresses the importance of vocational education, lifelong learning and digital and entrepreneurial skills in rural areas; encourages stronger cooperation between agricultural schools, universities, advisory services and local businesses; | 20. Stresses the importance of vocational education, lifelong learning, the sharing of best practices and digital and entrepreneurial skills in rural areas; encourages stronger cooperation between agricultural schools, universities, advisory services and local businesses to ensure that knowledge, innovation and research results effectively reach farmers; calls for training and advisory services to better cover business management, agroecology, animal welfare, sustainable soil and water management, climate adaptation, digital innovation, circular economy models and renewable energy use; |
Or. en
Amendment 424
Emma Wiesner, Asger Christensen, Michal Wiezik
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 20. Stresses the importance of vocational education, lifelong learning and digital and entrepreneurial skills in rural areas; encourages stronger cooperation between agricultural schools, universities, advisory services and local businesses; | 20. Stresses the importance of vocational education, lifelong learning and digital and entrepreneurial skills in rural areas; encourages stronger cooperation between agricultural schools, universities, advisory services and local businesses, including on climate-resilient and diversified production systems, sustainable farm management, and digital tools for precision agriculture; |
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Amendment 425
Marko Vešligaj, André Franqueira Rodrigues
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 20. Stresses the importance of vocational education, lifelong learning and digital and entrepreneurial skills in rural areas; encourages stronger cooperation between agricultural schools, universities, advisory services and local businesses; | 20. Stresses the importance of vocational education, lifelong learning and digital and entrepreneurial skills in rural areas; encourages stronger cooperation between agricultural schools, universities, advisory services, local and regional governments and local businesses; |
Or. en
Amendment 426
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 20a. Stresses the need to promote digital literacy, technological skills and the use of innovative digital tools to help modernise the agricultural sector and make it more competitive; underscores the importance, moreover, of sharing knowledge and best practices and encouraging the exchange of innovation between all agricultural stakeholders; |
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Amendment 427
Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Emma Wiesner, Benoit Cassart, Charles Goerens
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 20a. Calls on Member States to adapt and modernize agricultural education and training programs to take into account advances in new technologies, such as digital tools, precision farming and new genomic techniques, in order to equip young farmers with the skills needed to preserve an innovative and competitive European agricultural model; |
Or. en
Amendment 428
Benoit Cassart, Asger Christensen, Christine Singer, Jérémy Decerle, Charles Goerens
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 20a. Invites Member States to adapt and modernise agricultural education and training programmes to reflect developments in new technologies such as digital tools, precision farming and new genomic techniques in order to equip young farmers with the required skills to maintain a innovative and competitive European agricultural model; |
Or. en
Amendment 429
Stefan Köhler
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 20a. Emphasizes the need for access to up-to-date, high-quality and meaningful educational content for farmers at all stages of their professional life, especially also in rural or remote areas; underlines the need for faster transfer of innovative knowledge and practices between real-world application and institutionalised education. |
Or. en
Amendment 430
Alexander Bernhuber
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 20a. Stresses that broad and low-threshold access to agricultural education and training is crucial from an early age in order to safeguard generational renewal in the long term; emphasises the significance of an extensive network of agricultural technical and vocational colleges as well as dual study models combining academic learning with hands-on experience, which have proven effective in several different Member States; calls on the Member States to expand their agricultural education programme and make it accessible from an early age and in geographical proximity, and to integrate it more closely with agricultural practice; |
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Amendment 431
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 20a. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the agricultural sector’s access to the Erasmus+ programme and to promote the active participation of farmers, agricultural organisations, cooperatives and rural development bodies not only as participants, but also as organisers and coordinators of mobility, cooperation and innovation projects, in order to facilitate the exchange of best practices and the transfer of knowledge across generations and between Member States; |
Or. ro
Amendment 432
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 20b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to facilitate young farmers’ access to training opportunities, exchange of experience and European mobility, including through Erasmus+ programmes and, in particular, through Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs, in order to strengthen the professional, entrepreneurial, digital and innovation skills necessary for the agriculture of the future; Notes, in this regard, the need for greater consistency between the age criteria applicable to the various Union instruments aimed at young farmers and mobility programmes, as well as for simplification of the administrative application procedures, in order to facilitate young farmers’ effective access to these opportunities; |
Or. ro
Amendment 433
Alexander Bernhuber
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 20b. Calls for support for young farmers to be stepped up under Erasmus+ and similar mobility and exchange programmes so that they can familiarise themselves with agricultural holdings and production models in other Member States, exchange best practices and network across borders; |
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Amendment 434
Michal Wiezik, Jérémy Decerle
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 20a. Calls for stronger synergies between the CAP and Erasmus+ to expand opportunities and attract young farmers, apprentices and rural entrepreneurs to exchange knowledge, best practices and build farmers networks across the Union; |
Or. en
Amendment 435
Michal Wiezik
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 20a. Encourages promotion of active participation in AKIS, the CAP Network, and peer learning, as well as in exchange and mobility opportunities, including through CAP-funded knowledge-sharing measures; |
Or. en
Amendment 436
Peter Agius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 20a. Calls for structured exchange-of-practice programmes for young farmers, including peer-to-peer learning, farm visits, mentoring, demonstration networks, and exchanges between Member States and regions facing similar constraints, such as islands, small-scale agricultural systems, and climate-vulnerable areas. |
Or. en
Amendment 437
Katarína Roth Neveďalová
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 20a. Calls for measures to reduce financial, administrative and geographical barriers to participation in vocational education and lifelong learning programs for farmers and agricultural workers; |
Or. en
Amendment 438
Daniel Buda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 20c. Calls for support for the transfer of agricultural holdings to individuals outside the family through legal and administrative advice, incentives and transition periods intended to ensure the transfer of knowledge and the continuity of agricultural activity; |
Or. ro
Amendment 439
Daniel Buda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 20d. Encourages the establishment of information mechanisms designed to identify agricultural holdings available for transfer, in order to facilitate contact between farmers without a family successor and young or new farmers who want to take over a holding; |
Or. ro
Amendment 440
Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Valérie Deloge, Gilles Pennelle
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 21. Highlights the key role young farmers play in driving the uptake of innovative production models, precision farming and sustainable practices, thereby enhancing environmental sustainability and contributing to the digital transition; | 21. Highlights the role of young farmers in innovation; at the same time, however, cautions against the environmental over-regulation resulting from the Green Deal, which undermines the financial situation and profitability of new farmers; calls for the introduction of a ‘regulatory neutrality’ clause which prohibits the imposition of new agri-environmental requirements without full and immediate financial compensation; |
Or. fr
Amendment 441
Carmen Crespo Díaz
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 21. Highlights the key role young farmers play in driving the uptake of innovative production models, precision farming and sustainable practices, thereby enhancing environmental sustainability and contributing to the digital transition; | 21. Highlights the key role young farmers play in driving the uptake of innovative production models, precision farming, modernising irrigation, smart sensors, automation and digital technologies that can save water, reduce costs, improve input efficiency, and make farms more viable; |
Or. es
Amendment 442
Michal Wiezik
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 21. Highlights the key role young farmers play in driving the uptake of innovative production models, precision farming and sustainable practices, thereby enhancing environmental sustainability and contributing to the digital transition; | 21. Highlights the key role young farmers play in driving the uptake of innovative production models, precision farming and sustainable practices, including agroecological practices, agroforestry, organic production and integrated pest management, thereby enhancing environmental sustainability, biodiversity, soil health, climate and water resilience and contributing to the digital transition; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that CAP support for generational renewal is better linked to investments in sustainable farming systems; |
Or. en
Amendment 443
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 21. Highlights the key role young farmers play in driving the uptake of innovative production models, precision farming and sustainable practices, thereby enhancing environmental sustainability and contributing to the digital transition; | 21. Highlights the key role young farmers play in driving the uptake of innovative production models, precision farming, new genomic techniques, agrivoltaics and sustainable practices, thereby enhancing environmental sustainability and the Union’s competitiveness while also contributing to the digital transition; |
Or. ro
Amendment 444
Cristina Maestre
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 21. Highlights the key role young farmers play in driving the uptake of innovative production models, precision farming and sustainable practices, thereby enhancing environmental sustainability and contributing to the digital transition; | 21. Highlights the need to promote innovation in agriculture to make it more competitive and sustainable, as well as the key role young farmers play in driving the uptake of innovative production models, precision farming and sustainable practices, thereby enhancing environmental sustainability and contributing to the digital transition; |
Or. en
Amendment 445
Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Benoit Cassart, Charles Goerens
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 21. Highlights the key role young farmers play in driving the uptake of innovative production models, precision farming and sustainable practices, thereby enhancing environmental sustainability and contributing to the digital transition; | 21. Highlights the key role young farmers play in driving the uptake of innovative production models, precision farming and sustainable practices, thereby enhancing social, economic and environmental sustainability, fostering resilient food systems, and contributing to the digital transition; |
Or. en
Amendment 446
Sebastian Everding
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 21. Highlights the key role young farmers play in driving the uptake of innovative production models, precision farming and sustainable practices, thereby enhancing environmental sustainability and contributing to the digital transition; | 21. Highlights the key role young farmers play in driving the uptake of innovative production models, precision farming and sustainable practices, like plant based and organic farming, thereby enhancing environmental sustainability and contributing to the digital transition; |
Or. en
Amendment 447
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 21a . Stresses that technological innovation must be accompanied by practical advisory support and proportionate regulatory requirements; |
Or. en
Amendment 448
Jessika van Leeuwen, Veronika Vrecionová, Georgiana Teodorescu, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 21a. Highlights that digital technologies, precision farming tools, robotics, artificial intelligence and other innovative production methods contribute significantly to the sustainability of agriculture and at the same time improve the attractiveness of agriculture for younger generations; calls on the Commission and Member States to strengthen support for research and development, investment, training and advisory services that facilitate the uptake of such technologies by young farmers and new entrants. |
Or. en
Amendment 449
Peter Agius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 21a. Stresses that agricultural innovation must be adapted to local agronomic, climatic, and market conditions; calls for stronger support for farmer-led research, demonstration farms, pilot projects, and on-farm testing, particularly in islands and small-scale agricultural systems, so that young farmers can test crops, technologies, irrigation methods, and production models suited to their local realities; |
Or. en
Amendment 450
Claire Fita, Eric Sargiacomo
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 21a. Stresses that organic farming and agroecological systems represent significant opportunities for generational renewal, due to their labour intensity, added value and capacity to respond to societal demand; |
Or. en
Amendment 451
Claire Fita, Eric Sargiacomo
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 21a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to explicitly integrate these models into their national generational renewal strategies; |
Or. en
Amendment 452
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Marta Wcisło
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 21a. Calls for stronger structural support for young farmers and rural youth organisations, recognising their role in capacity-building, knowledge exchange and peer learning, and the representation of young farmers in policy-making processes at EU, national, regional and local levels; |
Or. en
Amendment 453
Christine Singer, Asger Christensen, Charles Goerens, Barry Cowen, Ciaran Mullooly
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 21a. Emphasises that innovation must remain accessible and affordable for farms of all sizes, including small and medium-sized family farms, and should serve to improve farm profitability, reduce administrative workload and strengthen practical resilience on the ground; |
Or. en
Amendment 454
Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Benoit Cassart, Charles Goerens
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 21a. stresses that innovation must remain accessible and affordable for all types of holdings and production; |
Or. en
Amendment 455
Esther Herranz García
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 21a. Urges young farmers to have a prominent role in the pilot projects supported by the EU and to be given an incentive to participate in those projects; |
Or. es
Amendment 456
Pär Holmgren
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 22. Insists on fostering partnerships between young farmers, farm and forestry organisations, cooperatives, public research institutions and private companies to accelerate innovation and technology transfer, ensuring that all farmers may benefit from technological progress; | 22. Insists on fostering partnerships between young farmers, farm and forestry organisations, cooperatives, public research institutions and private companies to accelerate innovation and technology transfer, ensuring that all farmers may benefit from technological progress; highlights in this regard the importance of the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System (AKIS), and of the European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability (EIP-AGRI) and calls on the Commission and Member States to particularly foster the participation of young and new farmers as well as of women farmers in their activities; |
Or. en
Amendment 457
Peter Agius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 22. Insists on fostering partnerships between young farmers, farm and forestry organisations, cooperatives, public research institutions and private companies to accelerate innovation and technology transfer, ensuring that all farmers may benefit from technological progress; | 22. Insists on fostering partnerships between young farmers, farm and forestry organisations, cooperatives, public research institutions and private companies to accelerate innovation and technology transfer, ensuring that all farmers may benefit from technological progress; and stresses that support for cooperatives and producer organisations should be conditional on transparent governance, inclusive participation, and measurable benefits for young and small-scale producers, including fairer market access, lower input costs, shared infrastructure, and stronger bargaining power; |
Or. en
Amendment 458
Camilla Laureti
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 22. Insists on fostering partnerships between young farmers, farm and forestry organisations, cooperatives, public research institutions and private companies to accelerate innovation and technology transfer, ensuring that all farmers may benefit from technological progress; | 22. Insists on fostering partnerships between young farmers, farm and forestry organisations, cooperatives, schools, universities, public research institutions and private companies to accelerate innovation and technology transfer, ensuring that all farmers may benefit from technological progress; |
Or. it
Amendment 459
Stefan Köhler
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 22. Insists on fostering partnerships between young farmers, farm and forestry organisations, cooperatives, public research institutions and private companies to accelerate innovation and technology transfer, ensuring that all farmers may benefit from technological progress; | 22. Insists on fostering partnerships between young farmers, farm and forestry organisations, cooperatives, public research institutions, networks and private companies to accelerate innovation and technology transfer, ensuring that all farmers may benefit from technological progress; |
Or. en
Amendment 460
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 22a. Insists that young farmers must be incentivised to participate in knowledge exchange networks, and better integrated into Horizon Europe projects; |
Or. en
Amendment 461
Pär Holmgren
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Anna Strolenberg
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 22a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish sector-specific mentoring programmes for young women farmers, focusing on practical exchange, business planning and farm succession; calls on the Commission to look into establishing a permanent, EU-wide coordinated mentoring and exchange programme for women in agriculture and rural entrepreneurship; suggests that this network should involve existing rural women’s associations, promote interregional exchange and be supported by EU funds such as the European Social Fund or LEADER; |
Or. en
Amendment 462
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Maria Walsh
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 22a. Calls on the European Competitiveness Fund, Horizon Europe and other relevant Union instruments to include specific and accessible lines for projects relating to water, applied agricultural research, modernising irrigation, the bioeconomy, digitalisation and production-related innovation, by ensuring that those funds reach the farms and make a direct contribution to their profitability; |
Or. es
Amendment 463
Jessika van Leeuwen, Veronika Vrecionová, Georgiana Teodorescu, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 22a. Recognises the important role of young farmers' organisations in providing training, mentoring, leadership development, knowledge exchange and representation of young farmers' interests; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure adequate financial and institutional support for such organisations, including through dedicated measures under the CAP and other relevant Union programmes. |
Or. en
Amendment 464
Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Charles Goerens
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 22a. Calls for stronger structural support for young farmers’ organisations, recognising their role in capacity-building, knowledge exchange and peer learning, and the representation of young farmers in policy-making processes at EU, national, regional and local levels; |
Or. en
Amendment 465
Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Valérie Deloge, Gilles Pennelle
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 23. Underlines the need for campaigns promoting the strategic importance of EU food production; invites the Commission and the Member States to support school campaigns generating interest in farming careers; | 23. Underlines the need to promote farming careers to encourage newcomers into the field; firmly stresses, however, that funding for advertising campaigns, school curricula or symbolic exchanges should never come at the expense of direct aid; calls, therefore, for immediate and specific financial support (start-up capital, investment aid and aid for the physical transfer of farms) to be accorded absolute priority under European budgets, since this is the only way to tackle the urgent crisis of economic profitability among young farmers; |
Or. fr
Amendment 466
Luke Ming Flanagan
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 23. Underlines the need for campaigns promoting the strategic importance of EU food production; invites the Commission and the Member States to support school campaigns generating interest in farming careers; | 23. Underlines the need for a recognition of the strategic importance of EU food production and the need for the EU to prioritise food sovereignty and autonomy within the EU; highlight the negative impacts trade deals has had on the ability of farmers to generate a viable return from their holdings when exposed to unfair competition as a result of trade liberalisation which has a direct knock-on effect on generational renewal; |
Or. en
Amendment 467
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 23. Underlines the need for campaigns promoting the strategic importance of EU food production; invites the Commission and the Member States to support school campaigns generating interest in farming careers; | 23. Underlines the need for campaigns promoting the strategic importance of the European Union’s food production and the vital role played by farmers in safeguarding food security, territorial cohesion and the vitality of rural areas; stresses the importance of enhancing the socio-economic status of farming by acknowledging the contribution it makes to society and the EU’s strategic autonomy; invites the Commission and the Member States to support awareness-raising campaigns, particularly in schools, in order to improve knowledge of the agricultural sector, challenge the negative perceptions associated with it and kindle an interest in careers in farming and agri-food among the younger generation; |
Or. pt
Amendment 468
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 23. Underlines the need for campaigns promoting the strategic importance of EU food production; invites the Commission and the Member States to support school campaigns generating interest in farming careers; | 23. Underlines the need for campaigns promoting the strategic importance of EU food production; invites the Commission and the Member States to support school campaigns generating interest in farming careers, in both rural and urban areas, while raising young people's awareness of the essential role farmers play in ensuring food security, managing natural resources, maintaining vibrant rural communities and contributing to the wider economy and society; stresses the need to strengthen public recognition of the agricultural sector and promote a positive image of farming in order to enhance the attractiveness of the profession and support generational renewal across the Union; |
Or. en
Amendment 469
André Franqueira Rodrigues
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 23. Underlines the need for campaigns promoting the strategic importance of EU food production; invites the Commission and the Member States to support school campaigns generating interest in farming careers; | 23. Underlines the need for campaigns promoting the strategic importance of EU food production and the social, economic, cultural and environmental value of farming; invites the Commission and the Member States to support school campaigns generating interest in farming careers and to promote stronger dialogue between young farmers, schools, vocational education institutions and young people in rural and urban areas; |
Or. en
Amendment 470
Esther Herranz García
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 23. Underlines the need for campaigns promoting the strategic importance of EU food production; invites the Commission and the Member States to support school campaigns generating interest in farming careers; | 23. Underlines the need for campaigns promoting the strategic importance of EU food production; invites the Commission and the Member States to ensure that study programmes at all levels of education highlight the importance of the farming sector and avoid demonising it, and to support school campaigns generating interest in farming careers; |
Or. es
Amendment 471
Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Tomáš Kubín, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Gilles Pennelle
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 23a. Emphasises that research, innovation and technological development in agriculture, including plant breeding, livestock genetics, robotics, precision farming and farm digitalisation, are essential both for increasing the sector’s competitiveness and sustainability and for making farming more attractive to younger generations; |
Or. en
Amendment 472
Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Tomáš Kubín, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Gilles Pennelle
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 23b. highlights that innovation can also improve work organisation and time management on farms, contributing to a better work-life balance and quality of life for young farmers; |
Or. en
Amendment 473
Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Tomáš Kubín, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Gilles Pennelle
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 23b. highlights that innovation can also improve work organisation and time management on farms, contributing to a better work-life balance and quality of life for young farmers; |
Or. en
Amendment 474
Marta Wcisło
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 23a. Calls for the future CAP to better reflect the role of the agri-food sector, including processing, storage, logistics and marketing, as a key element in increasing farmers’ added value, strengthening rural economies and making agriculture more attractive for young people; |
Or. en
Amendment 475
Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Valérie Deloge, Gilles Pennelle
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 23a. Calls on the Commission to suspend any new environmental obligation under the CAP which would compromise the economic viability of farmers’ and young farmers’ holdings; |
Or. fr
Amendment 476
Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Tomáš Kubín, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Gilles Pennelle
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 23b. Stresses that ensuring fair and stable incomes for young farmers is a precondition for effective generational renewal and for the long-term sustainability of EU agriculture; |
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Amendment 477
Mireia Borrás Pabón
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| Calls on the Commission to establish a mechanism for the regular monitoring of generational renewal, to include: | |
| (a) a specific report every five years for each Member State on the generational renewal situation; | |
| (b) a specific analysis on social perceptions of agriculture and the effectiveness of communication and education measures aimed at young people with the aim of making the sector more attractive as a career option. |
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Amendment 478
Sebastian Everding
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 24. Warns that farmers face long working hours, financial insecurity, market volatility, climate events, administrative burdens and social isolation; stresses that improving work-life balance is essential to making careers in agriculture more attractive; | 24. Warns that farmers face long working hours, financial insecurity, market volatility, climate events, negative impacts on mental health due to industrial processes in animal farming, administrative burdens and social isolation; stresses that improving work-life balance is essential to making careers in agriculture more attractive; |
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Amendment 479
Katarína Roth Neveďalová
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 24. Warns that farmers face long working hours, financial insecurity, market volatility, climate events, administrative burdens and social isolation; stresses that improving work-life balance is essential to making careers in agriculture more attractive; | 24. Warns that farmers face long working hours, often without sufficient opportunity to take holidays or days off, financial insecurity, market volatility, climate events, administrative burdens and social isolation; stresses that improving work-life balance is essential to making careers in agriculture more attractive; |
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Amendment 480
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 24a. Calls for the comprehensive implementation and promotion of the right to remain in rural areas through effective public policies that help farmers, and young farmers in particular, to live, work, set up a business and start a family in the areas they grew up in; considers that people are only able to genuinely exercise their freedom to remain in a rural community if they have the right economic opportunities, decent incomes, affordable housing, good-quality healthcare, education, transport, public services and digital connectivity; warns that the absence of such amenities is expediting depopulation, an exodus of young people and demographic ageing; advocates, therefore, an integrated approach to rural development that makes rural areas more attractive and competitive and enhances the territorial cohesion thereof so that remaining in rural areas is a viable option and not a constraint; |
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Amendment 481
Jessika van Leeuwen, Veronika Vrecionová, Georgiana Teodorescu, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 24a. Recognises that the possibility for young farmers to establish a family and combine professional and family responsibilities is an important precondition for generational renewal in agriculture; stresses that young people will only choose a future in farming if they are able to build a stable livelihood and raise a family in rural communities; therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to take account of the family dimension when designing rural, agricultural and social policies including by promoting family-friendly rural communities, with access to healthcare, childcare services, adequate housing, education, digital connectivity, retail and other essential services, and thereby strengthening the attractiveness of rural areas for young farmers and future generations. |
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Amendment 482
Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Benoit Cassart, Charles Goerens
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 24a. Stresses that initiatives exist at national level to provide farmers with replacement days on their farm; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote and support these initiatives, and to facilitate the development of such replacement services within the Union; |
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Amendment 483
Katarína Roth Neveďalová
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 24a. Notes that persistent labour shortages in agriculture place additional pressure on young farmers and farm successors; calls for measures to improve working conditions, skills development and the attractiveness of agricultural employment; |
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Amendment 484
Veronika Vrecionová, Georgiana Teodorescu, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Jessika van Leeuwen
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 24a. Highlights the growing shortage and ageing of livestock veterinarians, both private livestock veterinarians and official veterinarians, particularly in rural areas, as a significant threat to animal welfare, animal health, food security and the long-term resilience of the livestock sector; |
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Amendment 485
Veronika Vrecionová, Georgiana Teodorescu, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Jessika van Leeuwen
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 24a. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to present by 31 November 2027 a European roadmap on generational renewal in rural veterinary practice, including an assessment of workforce needs, guidance for Member States and the exchange of best practices; stresses that the roadmap should include measures to encourage the recruitment and retention of livestock veterinarians, including support for students from rural and farming backgrounds, scholarship and grant schemes linked to practice in underserved regions, early and intensive practical exposure to livestock farming during veterinary studies, and regional placements and internships; underlines that stronger links between veterinary schools, farms and rural communities are essential to improving the attractiveness of livestock veterinary practice and addressing long-term shortages in rural areas; |
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Amendment 486
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 24a. Calls on the Commission to establish a ‘Young Farmers Proofing’ mechanism inspired by the rural proofing principle, through which all relevant Union legislative initiatives and policies are assessed in terms of their impact on generational renewal in agriculture and opportunities created for young farmers, in order to ensure that they do not create additional barriers to their access to the agricultural sector |
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Amendment 487
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 24b. Calls on the Commission to establish a European task force, such as a ‘Task Force on Young Farmers and Administrative Simplification’, in cooperation with the Member States and organisations representing farmers, in order to identify disproportionate administrative burdens affecting young farmers, promote the exchange of best practices and make recommendations for simplification, while fully respecting the principle of subsidiarity; |
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Amendment 488
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 24c. Stresses that generational renewal depends on the existence of a favourable economic and regulatory framework; Calls on the Commission to incorporate the objective of competitiveness for young farmers into the development of Union policies and to ensure that these policies help to create an environment that stimulates investment, innovation, the creation of added value, and the sustainable development of agricultural holdings run by young farmers; |
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Amendment 489
Daniel Buda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 24d. Encourages the creation of European programmes dedicated to the exchange of experience between (young) farmers, in order to facilitate exposure to different agricultural models and the transfer of solutions with regard to innovation, sustainability, digitalisation and management in the agricultural sector; |
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Amendment 490
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 25. Calls on the Member States to introduce and strengthen farm relief services covering sickness, annual and parental leave and participation in training; | 25. Calls on the Member States to introduce and strengthen farm relief services covering sickness, accidents at work, annual and parental leave, child support and care for dependent relatives, maternity and paternity, participation in training, skills development programmes, activities by representative bodies and knowledge-sharing initiatives; stresses that services of this kind are essential to improve farmers’ working conditions and quality of life, promote a better work-life balance, reduce the risk of isolation and burnout, improve health and well-being in rural areas and make farming more attractive to new generations, not least young farmers and women; |
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Amendment 491
Claire Fita, Eric Sargiacomo
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 25. Calls on the Member States to introduce and strengthen farm relief services covering sickness, annual and parental leave and participation in training; | 25. Calls on the Member States to introduce and strengthen farm relief services covering sickness, annual and parental leave and participation in training as well as to settle and support associations and networks that provide psychological support to farmers in distress. |
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Amendment 492
Michal Wiezik
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 25. Calls on the Member States to introduce and strengthen farm relief services covering sickness, annual and parental leave and participation in training; | 25. Calls on the Member States to introduce and strengthen farm relief services covering sickness, annual and parental leave and participation in training and mobility exchanges; |
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Amendment 493
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Stefan Köhler, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 25a. Underlines that farm relief services are an important factor in making farming a more attractive profession for younger generations, facilitating a better reconciliation of professional and family responsibilities, knowledge transfer, training and succession planning; |
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Amendment 494
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Stefan Köhler, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 25b. Invites the Member States to promote intergenerational farm relief services through the integration of students through internships and practical placements; |
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Amendment 495
André Franqueira Rodrigues
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 25a. Stresses that access to social protection, decent working and living conditions and replacement services is essential to making farming a viable and attractive profession for young people and young families; |
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Amendment 496
Pär Holmgren
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Anna Strolenberg
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 25a. Notices existing farm relief services both lack adequate funding and staffing; calls on Member states to design relief services so they recognise mutual aid and neighbours’ networks; |
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Amendment 497
Salvatore De Meo
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 25a. Calls on the Member States to establish specific support schemes for young farmers who become parents, including the creation of dedicated instruments such as childhood funds with a view to providing financial support in the first few years after the birth or adoption of a child; stresses that such measures should complement and not replace existing or future provisions on maternity, paternity and parental leave and help to ensure the continuity of farming activities, support young families in dealing with additional costs and make farming a more attractive career option and choice for families in the long term; encourages the Member States to mobilise and coordinate all EU funding instruments, including cohesion policy funds and social support programmes in order to support the implementation of such measures and bolster demographic resilience in rural areas; |
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Amendment 498
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Maria Walsh
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 25a. Highlights the lack of work-life balance, respite and family support services in rural areas, which particularly affects young women and may affect their ability to enter or stay in the farming sector; calls on Member States to strengthen their respite, childcare, maternity support and work-life balance services in rural areas, linking them to the national strategies for generational renewal; |
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Amendment 499
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Maria Walsh
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 25b. Calls on Member States and their regional and local authorities to include concrete measures in their national strategies for generational renewal in order to support investments in digital technologies with the aim of improving work-life balance, operational effectiveness, sustainable land management and fire-prevention strategies. |
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Amendment 500
Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Charles Goerens
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 26. Invites the Commission to develop an EU mental health action plan for agriculture, including sector-specific measures; | 26. Invites the Commission to develop an EU mental health action plan for agriculture, including prevention measures, awareness-raising activities, improved access to support services in rural areas, training for advisors and the wider deployment of existing practical tools developed for farmers’ mental health and well-being; |
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Amendment 501
Daniel Buda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 26. Invites the Commission to develop an EU mental health action plan for agriculture, including sector-specific measures; | 26. Invites the Commission to develop an EU mental health action plan for agriculture, including sector-specific measures and accessible advisory services; |
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Amendment 502
Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Valérie Deloge, Gilles Pennelle
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 26. Invites the Commission to develop an EU mental health action plan for agriculture, including sector-specific measures; | 26. Invites the Member States to develop a mental health action plan for agriculture, including sector-specific measures; |
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Amendment 503
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 26. Invites the Commission to develop an EU mental health action plan for agriculture, including sector-specific measures; | 26. Stresses that safeguarding farmers’ mental health is a prerequisite for maintaining an attractive and resilient agricultural sector and for encouraging young people to enter and remain in farming; invites the Commission to develop an EU mental health action plan for agriculture, including sector-specific measures, prevention measures, awareness-raising activities, improved access to support services in rural areas, training for advisors and the wider deployment of existing practical tools developed for farmers’ mental health and well-being; stresses the importance of ensuring that mental health support services are adapted to the needs of all farmers, including men and women of different ages and backgrounds, taking into account the particular pressures associated with farm management, isolation, family responsibilities and succession planning; |
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Amendment 504
Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding, Luke Ming Flanagan
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 26. Invites the Commission to develop an EU mental health action plan for agriculture, including sector-specific measures; | 26. Invites the Commission to develop an EU mental health action plan for agriculture, including sector-specific measures; stresses that this plan should be accompanied by strengthened policies addressing farmers’ physical health, including occupational disease prevention and safety standards, given that agriculture remains one of the most hazardous sectors in the EU, and that psychosocial risks, including stress and isolation, are increasingly documented; calls for these health dimensions to be fully integrated into generational renewal strategies; |
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Amendment 505
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Stefan Köhler, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 26a. Points out the knowledge gap regarding farmer mental health; calls for future Horizon Europe work programmes to include farmer mental health research addressing identified data gaps, including gender specific studies, regional variations, and intervention effectiveness evaluations; further calls for the establishment of a European research network on farmer mental health to facilitate knowledge sharing and collaborative research approaches; |
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Amendment 506
Mireia Borrás Pabón
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 27. Stresses that generational renewal must also address persistent gender inequalities in agriculture; calls for targeted support for young female farmers and new entrants, as well as better access to land, finance and succession opportunities, women-focused advisory and mentoring programmes and stronger representation in agricultural organisations and decision-making bodies; | 27. Stresses that access to agricultural opportunities for all young people must be based on criteria relating to ability, training and work engagement; points out that generational renewal policies must ensure equal access to land, finance and succession mechanisms for all young farmers, without setting any quotas or discriminatory criteria that serve to distract from the sector’s economic sustainability; |
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Amendment 507
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 27. Stresses that generational renewal must also address persistent gender inequalities in agriculture; calls for targeted support for young female farmers and new entrants, as well as better access to land, finance and succession opportunities, women-focused advisory and mentoring programmes and stronger representation in agricultural organisations and decision-making bodies; | 27. Stresses that generational renewal must also address persistent gender inequalities in agriculture; calls for targeted support for young female farmers and new entrants, improved access to land, financing, succession opportunities and productive assets, support for joint ownership and co-ownership schemes, advisory and mentoring programmes focused on women, flexible care arrangements and greater representation in cooperatives, producer organisations, farmers’ organisations and decision-making bodies; stresses that such services should facilitate access to funding, strengthen business skills and professional networks, and provide flexible and inclusive training formats that take account of women’s caregiving responsibilities, thereby supporting women’s participation in agriculture and contributing to generational renewal in rural areas; |
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Amendment 508
Carmen Crespo Díaz
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 27. Stresses that generational renewal must also address persistent gender inequalities in agriculture; calls for targeted support for young female farmers and new entrants, as well as better access to land, finance and succession opportunities, women-focused advisory and mentoring programmes and stronger representation in agricultural organisations and decision-making bodies; | 27. Stresses that generational renewal must also address persistent inequalities affecting women in agriculture; calls for targeted support for young female farmers and new entrants, particularly access to land, finance, farm ownership, succession, technical training, digitalisation, advisory services and participation in cooperatives, producer organisations, professional farming organisations and decision-making bodies; |
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Amendment 509
André Franqueira Rodrigues
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 27. Stresses that generational renewal must also address persistent gender inequalities in agriculture; calls for targeted support for young female farmers and new entrants, as well as better access to land, finance and succession opportunities, women-focused advisory and mentoring programmes and stronger representation in agricultural organisations and decision-making bodies; | 27. Stresses that generational renewal must also address persistent gender inequalities in agriculture through a gender-mainstreaming approach across all relevant measures; calls for targeted support for young female farmers and new entrants, as well as better access to land, finance, training, advisory services and succession opportunities, women-focused advisory and mentoring programmes, specific support for entrepreneurship and stronger representation in agricultural organisations and decision-making bodies; |
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Amendment 510
Pär Holmgren
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Anna Strolenberg
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 27. Stresses that generational renewal must also address persistent gender inequalities in agriculture; calls for targeted support for young female farmers and new entrants, as well as better access to land, finance and succession opportunities, women-focused advisory and mentoring programmes and stronger representation in agricultural organisations and decision-making bodies; | 27. Stresses that Member states national analyses and strategies for generational renewal must also address persistent gender inequalities in agriculture; calls for targeted support for young female farmers and new entrants, better access to land, finance and succession opportunities, women-focused advisory and mentoring programmes and stronger representation in agricultural organisations and decision-making bodies; notes the importance of ensuring appropriate maternity leave for women in charge of farms; |
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Amendment 511
Claire Fita, Eric Sargiacomo
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 27. Stresses that generational renewal must also address persistent gender inequalities in agriculture; calls for targeted support for young female farmers and new entrants, as well as better access to land, finance and succession opportunities, women-focused advisory and mentoring programmes and stronger representation in agricultural organisations and decision-making bodies; | 27. Stresses that generational renewal must also address persistent gender inequalities in agriculture; calls for targeted support for young female farmers and new entrants, as well as better access to land, finance and succession opportunities, women-focused advisory and mentoring programmes, full recognition of the professional status of spouses and partners, the development of corporate forms promoting equality, and balanced representation within agricultural organisations and decision-making bodies. |
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Amendment 512
Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding, Luke Ming Flanagan
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 27. Stresses that generational renewal must also address persistent gender inequalities in agriculture; calls for targeted support for young female farmers and new entrants, as well as better access to land, finance and succession opportunities, women-focused advisory and mentoring programmes and stronger representation in agricultural organisations and decision-making bodies; | 27. Stresses that generational renewal must also address persistent gender, origin and other structural inequalities in agriculture; inequalities in agriculture; calls for targeted support for young female farmers and new entrants, as well as better access to land, finance and succession opportunities, women-focused advisory and mentoring programmes and stronger representation in agricultural organisations and decision-making bodies; |
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Amendment 513
Ciaran Mullooly
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 27. Stresses that generational renewal must also address persistent gender inequalities in agriculture; calls for targeted support for young female farmers and new entrants, as well as better access to land, finance and succession opportunities, women-focused advisory and mentoring programmes and stronger representation in agricultural organisations and decision-making bodies; | 27. Stresses that generational renewal must also address persistent gender inequalities in agriculture; calls for targeted support for young female farmers and new entrants, better access to land, finance and succession opportunities, women-focused advisory and mentoring programmes and stronger representation in agricultural organisations and decision-making bodies; |
Or. en
Amendment 514
Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Charles Goerens
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 27a. Calls on Member States to strengthen the legal, social and economic recognition of women working in agriculture, notably by improving their social protection, encouraging ownership, co-ownership and a clear legal status within holdings, and providing targeted advisory services; |
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Amendment 515
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Marta Wcisło
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 – subparagraph 1 (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| Points out that the contribution of young women to rural economies remains insufficiently recognised and measured, as a significant share of their work is not adequately recorded in official statistics; |
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Amendment 516
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Marta Wcisło
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 – subparagraph 1 (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 27a. Notes that women play a key role in driving innovation, sustainability and diversification in agriculture through activities such as organic farming, direct marketing, short supply chains, agritourism and crafts, introducing more diversified business models; |
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Amendment 517
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Marta Wcisło
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 – subparagraph 1 (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 27a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the proper recognition of women's work and legal status in agriculture, and to support diverse farming models, women-led farms and rural enterprises; |
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Amendment 518
Christine Singer, Asger Christensen, Charles Goerens, Barry Cowen, Ciaran Mullooly, Jérémy Decerle
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 27a. Calls on the Member States to strengthen the legal, social and economic recognition of women working in agriculture, including by improving their social protection, promoting ownership, co-ownership and clear legal status on farms, and providing targeted advisory services. |
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Amendment 519
Pär Holmgren
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Cristina Guarda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 27a. Stresses that the right to stay in rural areas can only be meaningful if operationalised through binding commitments in the next MFF 2028-2034, and calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPPs) include measurable rural spending targets and indicators across all shared-management funds, so that investment in rural areas is not left to the CAP alone; |
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Amendment 520
Pär Holmgren
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Cristina Guarda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 27a. Calls on the Commission to embed generational renewal in agriculture as a key component of its forthcoming communication on the right to stay, recognising that without cross-sectoral funds supporting living conditions, opportunities and services comparable to those available elsewhere in the Union, the right to stay risks remaining another political declaration with no impact on the reality of young people and families considering a future in agriculture; |
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Amendment 521
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 27a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen learning networks and peer-to-peer support systems for women in rural areas through targeted training, mentorship schemes, digital skills development and investment in physical and digital networking spaces; stresses that such measures can enhance women’s access to knowledge, leadership opportunities and professional support, reduce isolation, and contribute to generational renewal. |
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Amendment 522
Emma Wiesner, Asger Christensen, Michal Wiezik
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 27a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to systematically collect and publish gender-disaggregated data on land ownership, farm management, access to finance and participation in support schemes, so as to identify persistent gaps and monitor the effectiveness of targeted measures; |
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Amendment 523
Ciaran Mullooly, Jérémy Decerle, Christine Singer
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 27a. Calls on Member States to strengthen maternity supports and leave arrangements for women in agriculture and improve access to childcare and child-minding facilities in rural areas and regions adjacent to farming communities; |
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Amendment 524
Ciaran Mullooly, Jérémy Decerle, Christine Singer
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 27b. Calls for stronger support for women-focused agricultural discussion groups, advisory networks and peer-learning initiatives. |
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Amendment 525
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Maria Walsh
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 28. Calls on the Member States to include concrete actions in their national generational renewal strategies that promote the role of women in agriculture and rural entrepreneurship; | 28. Calls on the Member States to include concrete and measurable actions in their national generational renewal strategies in order to promote the role of women in agriculture and rural entrepreneurship, including shared-ownership measures, incentives for uptake by young farmers, maternity and work-life balance support, respite services on farms, business training and effective participation in cooperative and representative structures; |
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Amendment 526
André Franqueira Rodrigues
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 28. Calls on the Member States to include concrete actions in their national generational renewal strategies that promote the role of women in agriculture and rural entrepreneurship; | 28. Calls on the Member States to include concrete actions in their national generational renewal strategies that promote the role of women in agriculture and rural entrepreneurship, including measurable targets, gender-disaggregated data, dedicated monitoring and measures addressing the specific barriers faced by women in access to land, credit, training, advisory services, succession and representation; |
Or. en
Amendment 527
Maria Grapini
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 28. Calls on the Member States to include concrete actions in their national generational renewal strategies that promote the role of women in agriculture and rural entrepreneurship; | 28. Calls on the Member States to include concrete actions in their national generational renewal strategies that promote the role of women in agriculture and rural entrepreneurship; and to ensure gender equality and work-life balance. |
Or. ro
Amendment 528
Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Charles Goerens
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 28a. calls on the Commission and the Member States to facilitate new forms of collective installation, such as specific corporate structures and joint installations; stresses that these collective models contribute to the attractiveness of the farming profession and help meet new expectations, including regarding work-life balance; highlights also that these forms of installation enable collective investment, particularly for the purchase of agricultural equipment; |
Or. en
Amendment 529
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Maria Walsh
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 28a. Insists that equality policies in the agriculture sector must translate into useful measures that can be applied on the ground, avoiding new bureaucratic burdens for family-owned farms; stresses that supporting young farmers means enabling them to live off the land, manage profitable farms, invest, innovate and stay in a rural area with genuine equality of opportunities; |
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Amendment 530
Esther Herranz García
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 28a. Urges the Member States to foster participation by women in the CAP support programmes aimed at young farmers and new entrants to agriculture, and to encourage participation by spouses or other family members in the shared management of the farms; |
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Amendment 531
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Stefan Köhler, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 28a. Calls on the Member States to include gender-disaggregated indicators in their national generational renewal strategies, including access to land, credit and investment support, average agricultural income by gender, representation in decision-making bodies, and the economic size of holdings managed by women; |
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Amendment 532
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 29. Highlights the fact that access to public services and digital infrastructure is a precondition for attracting young people and families to rural areas; | 29. Highlights the fact that access to quality and affordable public services, housing, healthcare, childcare, education and training, transport and mobility, and digital infrastructure is a precondition for attracting and retaining young people in rural areas; underlines that generational renewal in agriculture also depends on the availability of essential professional services supporting farming activities, including veterinarians, advisors, accountants, financial institutions, agricultural contractors and repair services; |
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Amendment 533
Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Benoit Cassart, Charles Goerens
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 29. Highlights the fact that access to public services and digital infrastructure is a precondition for attracting young people and families to rural areas; | 29. Highlights the fact that access to quality, affordable and neary public services, housing, healthcare, childcare, education and training, transport and mobility, and digital infrastructure is a precondition for attracting and retaining young people in rural areas; |
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Amendment 534
Sakis Arnaoutoglou
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 29. Highlights the fact that access to public services and digital infrastructure is a precondition for attracting young people and families to rural areas; | 29. Highlights the fact that access to public services, affordable housing, job opportunities, social services, healthcare, transport infrastructure and digital infrastructure is a precondition for attracting young people and families to rural areas; |
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Amendment 535
Marko Vešligaj, André Franqueira Rodrigues
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 29. Highlights the fact that access to public services and digital infrastructure is a precondition for attracting young people and families to rural areas; | 29. Highlights the fact that access to public services and modern infrastructure is a precondition for attracting young people and families to rural areas; Emphasizes the role that local and regional governments play in advancing the rural development and calls for their inclusion in all generational renewal actions and policies; |
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Amendment 536
André Franqueira Rodrigues
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 29. Highlights the fact that access to public services and digital infrastructure is a precondition for attracting young people and families to rural areas; | 29. Highlights the fact that access to public services, affordable housing, childcare, healthcare, education, transport, energy infrastructure and digital connectivity is a precondition for attracting young people and families to rural areas; |
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Amendment 537
Pär Holmgren
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Anna Strolenberg
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 29. Highlights the fact that access to public services and digital infrastructure is a precondition for attracting young people and families to rural areas; | 29. Highlights the fact that access to public services and digital infrastructure is a precondition for attracting young people and families to rural areas; underlines, to that end, the essential need to provide, as well as to facilitate, access to healthcare, eldercare, childcare, innovative mobility solutions, transport and connectivity services, water services, education services, digital infrastructure, and other basic services such as postal and banking services; notes in particular the need to urgently develop access in rural areas to accessibility tools for people with disabilities, to mental health services and to healthcare for women; recognises the importance of ensuring that there are local schools in rural areas; underlines the importance of consulting local populations in decisions regarding public services ; |
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Amendment 538
Cristina Maestre
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 29a. Calls for an increase in Cohesion Policy funding, prioritising programmes such as LEADER and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to finance infrastructure and services that ensure equal opportunities in rural areas; |
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Amendment 539
André Franqueira Rodrigues
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 29a. stresses that generational renewal cannot be achieved through the CAP alone and requires stronger coordination with cohesion policy and other Union policies affecting rural, remote, island, mountain and outermost regions; |
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Amendment 540
Christine Singer, Emma Wiesner, Asger Christensen, Charles Goerens, Barry Cowen, Ciaran Mullooly, Jérémy Decerle
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 29a. Stresses, in this context, that generational renewal in agriculture also depends on family-friendly rural areas; calls on the Member States to strengthen access to childcare, schools, healthcare, mobility and broadband in rural regions, as these services are decisive for young farmers and their families when deciding whether to take over or establish a farm; |
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Amendment 541
Marta Wcisło
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 29a. Stresses that the availability of high-quality social services, such as education, healthcare, transport, and housing, is a fundamental precondition for the development of rural areas and for attracting young people therein |
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Amendment 542
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Maria Walsh
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 29a. Stresses that access to water and modern water infrastructure is a basic condition for staying in agriculture, attracting young farmers and safeguarding the viability of rural areas, particularly in regions affected by recurring drought, water stress or natural limitations; |
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Amendment 543
Jérémy Decerle, Asger Christensen, Ciaran Mullooly, Christine Singer, Barry Cowen, Emma Wiesner, Benoit Cassart, Charles Goerens
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 29a. underlines that generational renewal in agriculture also depends on the availability of essential professional services supporting farming activities, including veterinarians, advisors, accountants, financial institutions, agricultural contractors processing chains and repair services; |
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Amendment 544
Katarína Roth Neveďalová
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 29a. Highlights that many rural and remote regions of Central and Eastern Europe face persistent depopulation and youth outmigration; stresses that maintaining schools, healthcare services, public transport and digital connectivity is essential for generational renewal; |
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Amendment 545
Pär Holmgren
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 29a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to examine new intergenerational housing concepts for rural areas that combine housing, care and community life for young families and older people and provide new impulses for rural development; |
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Amendment 546
Esther Herranz García
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 30. Calls for stronger support for the diversification of rural economies, including through the bioeconomy, agro-tourism and rural crafts, in order to create additional income opportunities and strengthen rural resilience; | 30. Urges Member States to aim rural-development expenditure at projects that promote the diversification of rural economies and create new job opportunities for young people in sectors such as the bioeconomy, eco-tourism and agro-tourism, artisanal food and drink production, direct sales, artisanal businesses, childcare and adult-care services, education services, and sporting and leisure facilities; |
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Amendment 547
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 30. Calls for stronger support for the diversification of rural economies, including through the bioeconomy, agro-tourism and rural crafts, in order to create additional income opportunities and strengthen rural resilience; | 30. Calls for stronger support for the diversification of rural economies and the sources of income available to farmers, including by developing the bioeconomy, agro-tourism, rural crafts and other complementary activities that demonstrate added value; highlights, in particular, the strategic potential of agriculture for the development of the bioeconomy and the production of bioenergy, including the use of agricultural waste, by-products and biomass to create new business opportunities, additional sources of income and employment in rural areas; takes the view that economic diversification is essential in order to make farms more viable and more resilient to market volatility and to help boost the EU’s strategic autonomy; |
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Amendment 548
André Franqueira Rodrigues
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 30. Calls for stronger support for the diversification of rural economies, including through the bioeconomy, agro-tourism and rural crafts, in order to create additional income opportunities and strengthen rural resilience; | 30. Calls for stronger support for the diversification of rural economies, including through the bioeconomy, agro-tourism, rural crafts, short supply chains, local processing, cooperative models and rural innovation hubs, in order to create additional income opportunities, strengthen rural resilience and prevent the loss of young people from rural areas; |
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Amendment 549
Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Tomáš Kubín, Mireia Borrás Pabón
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 30. Calls for stronger support for the diversification of rural economies, including through the bioeconomy, agro-tourism and rural crafts, in order to create additional income opportunities and strengthen rural resilience; | 30. Calls for stronger support for the diversification and multifunctionality of rural economies, including through the bioeconomy, circular economy and renewable energies, agro-tourism, social farming, direct selling and rural crafts, in order to create additional income opportunities and strengthen rural resilience; |
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Amendment 550
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 30. Calls for stronger support for the diversification of rural economies, including through the bioeconomy, agro-tourism and rural crafts, in order to create additional income opportunities and strengthen rural resilience; | 30. Calls for stronger support for the diversification of rural economies, including through the bioeconomy, payments for ecosystem services and carbon sequestration practices in agriculture, agro-tourism and rural crafts, in order to create additional income opportunities and strengthen rural resilience; |
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Amendment 551
Stefan Köhler
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 30. Calls for stronger support for the diversification of rural economies, including through the bioeconomy, agro-tourism and rural crafts, in order to create additional income opportunities and strengthen rural resilience; | 30. Calls for stronger support for the diversification of rural economies, including through the bioeconomy, agro-tourism, educational and social projects as part of public-private partnerships as well as rural crafts, in order to create additional income opportunities and strengthen rural resilience; |
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Amendment 552
Pär Holmgren
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 30. Calls for stronger support for the diversification of rural economies, including through the bioeconomy, agro-tourism and rural crafts, in order to create additional income opportunities and strengthen rural resilience; | 30. Calls for stronger support for the diversification of rural economies, including through the sustainable bioeconomy, sustainable agro-tourism, social services and rural crafts, in order to create additional income opportunities and strengthen rural resilience; |
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Amendment 553
Arash Saeidi, Sebastian Everding, Luke Ming Flanagan
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 30. Calls for stronger support for the diversification of rural economies, including through the bioeconomy, agro-tourism and rural crafts, in order to create additional income opportunities and strengthen rural resilience; | 30. Calls for stronger support for the diversification of rural economies, including through the bioeconomy, agro-tourism and rural crafts, in order to create additional income opportunities and strengthen rural resilience; stresses that this diversification should go hand in hand with the promotion of farming practices that protect and adapt to local biodiversity, including agroecological approaches; calls, furthermore, for measures to be taken to ensure sustainable incomes for farmers and to reduce exposure to market volatility |
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Amendment 554
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Pekka Toveri
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 30a. Highlights the potential of the bioeconomy to diversify farm income and enhance the economic resilience of young farmers; |
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Amendment 555
Marie Dauchy, Barbara Bonte, Valérie Deloge, Gilles Pennelle
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 30a. Invites the Member States to prioritise local and regional agricultural produce in the context of public procurement contracts for public canteens, hospitals and schools; |
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Amendment 556
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Stefan Köhler, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Marta Wcisło
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 30a. Calls for the greater use of public procurement to strengthen local and regional food systems by improving access to public markets for small-scale and family farms, as well as young and women farmers; calls on Member States to reduce administrative barriers to participation in procurement procedures; |
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Amendment 557
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Stefan Köhler, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Marta Wcisło
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 30b. Stresses that stable and predictable demand from schools, hospitals and other public institutions can enhance farm viability, create market opportunities, support rural employment and contribute to the competitiveness and attractiveness of the agricultural sector; |
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Amendment 558
Peter Agius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 30a. Stresses that young farmers in islands, and small markets face acute competitiveness challenges due to limited economies of scale, high input, and transport costs, and competition from lower-prices imports; calls for targeted support for collective marketing, storage, processing, local produce branding, short supply chains and fair contractual conditions with retailers, in order to help young farmers obtain stable demand and fair prices; |
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Amendment 559
Alexander Bernhuber
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 30a. Stresses the major significance of sidelines and plurality of activity, in particular for young members of the succeeding generation in areas with small-scale farming and disadvantaged areas; calls on the Member States to create legal, social and fiscal conditions which make it easier to combine agricultural activities with non-agricultural income, thereby facilitating entry to the agriculture sector; |
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Amendment 560
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Maria Walsh
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 30a. Argues for a strategic investment in infrastructure for irrigation, water reuse, storage, hydraulic digitalisation and water-efficiency technologies, in order to reduce costs, improve productivity, strengthen resilience to climate change and make the uptake of young farmers more attractive; |
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Amendment 561
Sebastian Everding
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 30a. Highlights that the development of short supply chains, investing in organic farming and agroecological practices can create new economic opportunities for young farmers while contributing to environmental sustainability and rural development; |
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Amendment 562
Cristina Maestre
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 30a. Stresses that it is essential to improve the overall appeal of rural life and address regional imbalances, with particular attention to the availability of affordable housing; |
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Amendment 563
Alexander Bernhuber
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 30b. Calls for the targeted promotion of regional value creation, direct marketing of farm products and short supply chains, since these provide young farms with higher and more stable income streams, strengthen the link between producers and consumers and keep added value in rural areas; |
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Amendment 564
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Pekka Toveri
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 30b. Notes with concern that the classification of certain agricultural by-products, including wool, as waste may hinder their valorisation and impose unnecessary costs on farmers; calls on the Commission to support the development of innovative value chains for wool and other agricultural by-products and to ensure that the regulatory framework facilitates their use as valuable bio-based resources; |
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Amendment 565
Cristina Maestre
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 30b. Calls for the development of awareness-raising and communication campaigns that highlight the value of rural life and agriculture as a strategic sector; |
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Amendment 566
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 31. Highlights the role of community-led local development and the LEADER programme in fostering rural innovation and diversification; calls for increased, ring-fenced LEADER funding in the 2028-2034 multiannual financial framework; | 31. Highlights the role of community-led local development and the LEADER programme in fostering innovation, entrepreneurship, economic diversification and job creation in rural areas through bottom-up approaches that mobilise local actors and meet the specific needs of each region; highlights the LEADER programme’s contribution to boosting territorial cohesion, social inclusion, civic participation and the attractiveness of rural areas; calls for increased, predictable and guaranteed LEADER funding in the 2028-2034 multiannual financial framework, which should go hand in hand with continuing to target the programme’s resources on the objectives of community-led local development and simplifying administrative procedures with a view to implementing the programme more effectively and maximising its impact on the sustainable development of rural communities; |
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Amendment 567
André Franqueira Rodrigues
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 31. Highlights the role of community-led local development and the LEADER programme in fostering rural innovation and diversification; calls for increased, ring-fenced LEADER funding in the 2028-2034 multiannual financial framework; | 31. Highlights the role of community-led local development and the LEADER programme in fostering rural innovation, diversification, cooperation and youth participation in rural areas; calls for increased, ring-fenced LEADER funding in the 2028-2034 multiannual financial framework and for easier access for young farmers, young rural entrepreneurs and local youth-led initiatives; |
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Amendment 568
Marko Vešligaj, André Franqueira Rodrigues
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 31. Highlights the role of community-led local development and the LEADER programme in fostering rural innovation and diversification; calls for increased, ring-fenced LEADER funding in the 2028-2034 multiannual financial framework; | 31. Highlights the role of community-led local development and the LEADER programme in fostering rural innovation and diversification; calls for increased, ring-fenced LEADER funding in the 2028-2034 multiannual financial framework and for the full implementation of the “rural proofing” mechanism; ; |
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Amendment 569
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Pekka Toveri
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 31a. Stresses that, at a minimum, the level of support allocated to the LEADER programme should be maintained at a value comparable to that available under the current programming period. |
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Amendment 570
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 31a. Emphasises that the LEADER approach has played a major role in attracting new types of professionals to rural areas and the agricultural sector by providing funding for local community initiatives, which has helped to foster entrepreneurship and diversify economic activities; deems it crucial, therefore, to strengthen the LEADER programme in order to support generational renewal and arrest population decline in rural areas; |
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Amendment 571
Salvatore De Meo
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 31a. Emphasises that generational renewal in the agricultural sector is a strategic consideration to not only safeguard agricultural production and food security, but also support the socio-economic vitality of rural areas, arrest population decline and preserve rural landscapes, biodiversity and natural resources; underscores, in this context, the pivotal role of farmers as custodians of the land and key players in the sustainable management of ecosystems; |
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Amendment 572
Daniel Buda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 31a. Calls for support for the development of cultural, sports and recreational activities in rural areas, as well as for multi-use community centres, as essential factors for the long-term settlement of farmers and their families, while also contributing to the personal, social and educational development of rural communities; |
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Amendment 573
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Marta Wcisło, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 31a. Stresses the strategic role of cooperatives and producer organisations in reducing entry barriers for young farmers, including young people entering agricultural activity without a pre-existing family farm, and in improving access to markets, technical services, processing facilities, financing and collective bargaining power; |
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Amendment 574
Katarína Roth Neveďalová
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 31a. Calls for a European Rural Youth Guarantee ensuring access to training, employment, housing and essential services for young people wishing to remain in or return to rural areas; |
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Amendment 575
Maria Grapini
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 31a. Generational renewal in agriculture should be promoted by supporting local food supply chains and through the creation of consortia among farmers, storage operators and processors. |
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Amendment 576
Maria Walsh, Wouter Beke, Daniel Buda, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Stefan Köhler, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Marta Wcisło
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 31b. Calls for increased support for the promotion and marketing of EU agri-food products in domestic and international markets in order to strengthen their visibility, competitiveness and added value; emphasises that effective promotion policies can create new market opportunities, support rural employment and economic activity, particularly in rural areas, and improve the long-term profitability and attractiveness of farming; |
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