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Debate: Farm to Fork Strategy - the key role of farmers and rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2020
Speaker: Gianantonio Da Re
Political group: ID
Country: France
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, la Commissione ha presentato la strategia denominata "Dai campi alla tavola", che prevede di fare del sistema agroalimentare europeo un modello di riferimento globale in termini di sostenibilità. Questi gli obiettivi: continuare a garantire un elevato livello di sicurezza dei prodotti agricoli, della produzione e della commercializzazione, assicurare agli agricoltori un reddito equo, salvaguardare la biodiversità e infine ridurre la dipendenza dai pesticidi. Mi chiedo: i prodotti importati dall'Unione europea saranno soggetti alla stessa normativa? E la Commissione intende imporre i nostri agricoltori? Quali azioni verranno intraprese per contrastare il  Presidente, questa è concorrenza sleale. Dobbiamo tutelare le nostre aziende agricole, non si tratta di protezionismo ma di equità e di salute dei nostri cittadini.
Debate: Farm to Fork Strategy - the key role of farmers and rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2020
Speaker: Benoît Biteau
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Sweden
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, Monsieur le Commissaire, la proposition de la réforme de la PAC est aujourd’hui discutée par le Parlement européen sur la base d’une copie qui a été préparée par la précédente mandature, et qui n’est pas en adéquation avec les attentes de cette nouvelle mandature qui, elle, a déjà voté l’état d’urgence climatique. Et cette urgence est bien réelle. La proposition de la réforme de la PAC n’est absolument pas à la hauteur de ces enjeux, et vous le savez bien, Monsieur le Commissaire. Est-ce que cette stratégie «de la fourche à la fourchette» est, pour la Commission, un moyen de pallier ces défauts? Pourtant la PAC reste, et doit rester, un puissant levier pour accompagner et financer la transition agroécologique des agriculteurs européens. Donc comment la Commission compte-t-elle mettre en adéquation la proposition actuelle de réforme de la PAC avec les objectifs nouveaux introduits par le pacte vert européen? Comment se fait-il qu’une des politiques les plus importantes de l’Union européenne se décide avant la stratégie? Comment serait-il possible d’atteindre les objectifs du pacte vert sans mobiliser la PAC qui, aujourd’hui, ne contient aucun objectif commun et clair de réduction des pesticides, de protection de la biodiversité, de réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre et de réalisation de la souveraineté alimentaire?  Les citoyens comptent sur nous, sur notre responsabilité qui est historique, pour que nous ne rations pas l’opportunité de transformer durablement nos systèmes alimentaires à l’échelon européen.
Debate: Farm to Fork Strategy - the key role of farmers and rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2020
Speaker: Maria Grapini
Political group: S-D
Country: Portugal
Language: RO

Cum vă imaginați o Uniune Europeană fără produse agricole, doar importate? Cum credeți că vom avea o siguranță a alimentelor mai mare dacă importăm din alte state membre și nu producem aici? Cum vom asigura viața fermierilor din mediul rural atât timp cât în Uniunea Europeană avem un procent foarte mare de cetățeni care trăiesc în mediul rural?
Debate: Farm to Fork Strategy - the key role of farmers and rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2020
Speaker: Benoît Biteau
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Sweden
Language: FR

En ce qui concerne les alternatives et le risque d’atteinte à la souveraineté alimentaire, aujourd’hui, on doit faire converger les obligations de protection de la biodiversité et de protection du climat, tout en continuant de produire beaucoup. Et la réponse, ce n’est pas plus de pesticides et plus d’engrais de synthèse; c’est le retour à l’agronomie, par exemple.
Debate: Farm to Fork Strategy - the key role of farmers and rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2020
Speaker: Ruža Tomašić
Political group: ECR
Language: HR

Poštovana predsjedavajuća, zajednička poljoprivredna politika najskuplja je i najmanje učinkovita europska politika.  U njezinoj dugoj povijesti pokušalo se provesti nekoliko velikih reformi, ali bez naročitog uspjeha zato što, neovisno o konkretnom modelu, visoka razina državnog intervencionizma europsku poljoprivredu čini skupom, neučinkovitom i globalno nekonkurentnom. Pred nama je novo reformsko razdoblje s fokusom na kružnoj ekonomiji, klimatskim promjenama i zelenim politikama. Želja nam je europsku poljoprivredu učiniti dugoročno održivom i klimatski neutralnom, ali bojim se da ćemo posegnuti za istim rješenjima koja su se u prošlosti pokazala lošima. Novi skupi javni programi i subvencije nisu dugoročno održivo rješenje. Moramo poticati inovacije u poljoprivredi i obrazovne programe učiniti dostupnima svim europskim poljoprivrednicima. To je jedini način da se osigura održivi rast ove industrije, potakne konkurentnost i spriječi previsoko opterećenje proračuna.
Debate: Farm to Fork Strategy - the key role of farmers and rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2020
Speaker: Silvia Modig
Political group: GUE/NGL
Country: Romania
Language: FI

Arvoisa puhemies, hyvä komissaari, Suomessa on sanonta, joka kuuluu, että kaiken viisauden alku on tosiasioiden tunnustaminen. Jos tunnustamme tosiasiat, tunnustamme sen, että vapaaehtoiset keinot eivät ole olleet riittäviä. Jos ne olisivat, peltomme olisivat jo päästölähteiden sijaan hiilinieluja. Yksipuolinen viljely, joka tappaa biodiversiteetin, olisi jo lopetettu ja torjunta-aineet, jotka ovat myrkkyä sekä luonnolle että ihmisille, eivät enää olisi käytössä.  Tällä en tarkoita sitä, että maanviljelijöitä tulisi syyllistää tai rangaista. Heillä on kyllä osaamista, mutta meidän yhteisen maatalouspolitiikkamme, maataloustukiemme ja tämän strategian tulee ohjata heitä suuntaan, jossa maatalouden periaatteet muuttuvat kestävämmälle tasolle.  Kuluttajat ovat yhä kiinnostuneempia eettisistä ja ekologisista tuotteista. Ne, joilla on varaa, ovat valmiita maksamaan tästä jopa enemmän. Siksi tukien tulee tukea ekologisia ja eettisiä tuotantomalleja ja pakkausmerkintöjen tulee auttaa kuluttajia luotettavalla tavalla löytämään nämä tuotteet.
Debate: Farm to Fork Strategy - the key role of farmers and rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2020
Speaker: Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez
Political group: PPE
Language: ES

Señora presidenta, señor comisario, partamos de la base de que una gran mayoría de esta Cámara queremos una agricultura más sostenible y que contribuya a conseguir los Objetivos de la Agenda 2030. Espero que la estrategia «de la granja a la mesa» contribuya a ello, pero me preocupa que algunos pretendan hacer de la agricultura europea un gran cajón de sastre. Me explico con un ejemplo: algunos pretenden que ocurra con la agricultura como los iPhone. Lo que empezó siendo un teléfono se ha convertido ahora en un GPS, una cámara de fotos, una grabadora, un navegador de internet, un cuentakilómetros, un despertador, etcétera; un aparato que sirve para casi todo y lo de que haga o no llamadas telefónicas poco interesa.  Del mismo modo, algunos quieren que la agricultura europea sirva para preservar el medio ambiente, para combatir el cambio climático, para reducir los plaguicidas, para disminuir el uso de antibióticos, para mejorar la biodiversidad, para dar mejor información a los ciudadanos, para proteger los bosques, para mejorar el bienestar animal, etcétera. Pero no debemos olvidar que el principal propósito de nuestra agricultura y de la política agrícola común es conseguir productos de calidad a precios razonables que incentiven el gran esfuerzo que hacen nuestros agricultores. De ello, sin duda, va a depender mucho el futuro de ellos. Que sirva esta estrategia «de la granja a la mesa» para ayudar a esos trabajadores del campo, a los agricultores y ganaderos, a conseguir los objetivos a un precio justo y adecuado al esfuerzo que realizan.
Debate: Farm to Fork Strategy - the key role of farmers and rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2020
Speaker: Martin Hlaváček
Political group: Renew
Country: Bulgaria
Language: CS

Paní předsedající, pane komisaři, my ve Vás vkládáme velkou naději. Zemědělci a potravináři jsou poslední dobou neprávem dehonestováni a obviňováni. Velká část společnosti zapomíná, že stále produkují nejkvalitnější, nejbezpečnější potraviny na světě, a to za dostupné ceny. Samozřejmě je zemědělství také jednou z nejvíce regulovaných oblastí. Neustále zvyšujeme požadavky, liberalizujeme obchod, vytváříme nová pravidla a snižujeme podpory. Zemědělství je přitom první, kdo pociťuje dopady klimatických změn. Také proto zemědělství musí být součástí řešení.  Nové strategie
Debate: Farm to Fork Strategy - the key role of farmers and rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2020
Speaker: Silvia Sardone
Political group: ID
Country: Austria
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, per inseguire Greta vi siete inventati un nuovo programma: " Tra i diversi principi c'è quello di avere dei contenuti a basso costo, che ovviamente vanno a sfavorire la qualità dei cibi e invece a favorire dei prodotti industriali. Tra l'altro, ho letto che volete inserire alghe e insetti come alimenti, viva la qualità del cibo! Ad un'interrogazione mi avete detto che non siete del tutto contrari al sistema del
Debate: Farm to Fork Strategy - the key role of farmers and rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2020
Speaker: Bronis Ropė
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Austria
Language: LT

Gerbiama pirmininke. Dabartinė sistema iš tikrųjų turi trūkumų ir naikina vienus ūkius vienuose regionuose ir skatina gamybą kituose. Puikus pavyzdys yra pieno sektorius. Dar daugiau – prekybos centrų dominavimas rinkoje sukuria grėsmes plačiam vartotojų ratui. Štai Lietuvos didžiausias prekybos tinklas „Maxima“ praeitą savaitę prekiavo nekokybiška mėsa ir tai slėpė. Naujoji strategija turi užtikrinti galimybę vartotojui gauti būtent jo regione užaugintą ir pagamintą natūralų, saugų maistą. Šiandien maisto produktai neretai įveikia tūkstančius kilometrų. Bet ar kas paklausia savęs, ar mums to reikia? Ar tai naudinga aplinkai ir klimatui?  Tiesioginė parama skirtingų valstybių narių ūkininkams vis dar skiriasi ne procentais, o kartais. Europoje vis dar egzistuoja pirmarūšiai ir antrarūšiai ūkininkai. O kur dar barjerai, sukuriami prisidengiant laisvu prekių ir paslaugų judėjimu ar prekybos sutartimis, atveriančioms kelius importuoti GMO soją ar abejotinomis sąlygomis užaugintus produktus. Sudarydami palankias sąlygas ūkininkui dirbti savo krašte, užtikrinsime regionų gyvybingumą ir leisime žmonėms likti gyventi kaime.
Debate: Farm to Fork Strategy - the key role of farmers and rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2020
Speaker: Mazaly Aguilar
Political group: ECR
Country: Spain
Language: ES

Señora presidente, el sector agrícola y ganadero español lleva un mes de movilizaciones ante la crisis que azota el sector: precios en origen que no llegan a cubrir los costes de producción; prácticas abusivas de la gran distribución; acuerdos comerciales con estándares de calidad completamente opuestos a los europeos. En resumen, una falta de rentabilidad que obliga al cierre de cientos de explotaciones. Desde la Unión Europea se anuncia a bombo y platillo la estrategia «de la granja a la mesa» y, sin embargo, poco o nada se dice de las preocupaciones reales de los agricultores porque tan solo nos centramos en reducir los productos fitosanitarios, aumentar las reglas de bienestar animal, incorporar nuevas obligaciones medioambientales.  Me pregunto cómo vamos a responder a la crisis de mercado que afronta el sector en España y otros países de la Unión Europea si seguimos sin entender que un sector económico que no es rentable nunca podrá ser sostenible. Por este camino seguiremos alejados de la realidad de nuestro campo e incapaces de ofrecer soluciones a un sector que necesita más comprensión y apoyo urgente.
Debate: Farm to Fork Strategy - the key role of farmers and rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2020
Speaker: Petros Kokkalis
Political group: GUE/NGL
Country: Hungary
Language: EN

Madam President, as a member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI), I fully support DG SANTE taking the lead in this Farm to Fork Strategy. Hippocrates said, ‘Let food be your medicine, and medicine be your food’, and here the Green Deal is equally wise in demanding a new CAP that is a climate-adaptation and a climate-mitigation strategy: a CAP that leaves no one behind and that ensures a just transition. The people of Europe deserve safe, affordable, high—quality, nutritious and sustainably-produced food, and the farmers and fishermen and women that are managing this transition deserve quality jobs in vibrant, modern rural areas. The time has come to align the CAP with the Union’s ambitions. We must have a smart, fair, sustainable CAP, with a proper budget, that would strongly support our farmers to achieve the environmental, climate, biodiversity and human well—being objectives of the Union. The Green Deal and Hippocrates also share a fundamental value: do no harm. Let’s have a new CAP.
Debate: Farm to Fork Strategy - the key role of farmers and rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2020
Speaker: Álvaro Amaro
Political group: PPE
Country: Portugal
Language: PT

Senhor Presidente, Senhor Comissário, o senhor comissário falou-nos hoje aqui de umas preocupações, muito importantes, como tem referido, e eu queria também, no meu grupo político, dar-lhe essa força. Nós precisamos de evitar o despovoamento das zonas rurais, precisamos de ter segurança alimentar e, por isso, precisamos, de facto, de um orçamento mais elevado para a PAC. Mas, Senhor Comissário, quando estamos a discutir esta estratégia “do prado ao prato”, há uma coisa que, desde o início, me tem deixado muito preocupado, porque até é injusto para os agricultores. Parece que, de um momento para o outro, a Europa acorda e diz: os agricultores são os responsáveis por tudo o que está mal nos nossos países. Isto é uma injustiça para os agricultores. Porque, Senhor Comissário, o senhor sabe, nós sabemos, todos sabemos, que só vencerá uma boa estratégia “do prado ao prato” se houver prado, porque se não houver prado e se só houver pratos, bom, essa estratégia morreu. De maneira que, em primeiro lugar, nós temos que dar força aos agricultores, e dar força, Senhor Comissário, é recordar que nós temos que, a par dessa estratégia, ter instrumentos. Nós sabemos que, em termos estratégicos, não há nada que vença sem instrumentos capazes. E o instrumento financeiro é, a par da justiça aos agricultores europeus, uma questão essencial. É para essa força que nós estamos aqui, para lhe dar, para vencermos esses obstáculos.
Debate: Farm to Fork Strategy - the key role of farmers and rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2020
Speaker: Miriam Dalli
Political group: S-D
Language: EN

Mr President, actors in the food chain are key to offering sustainable food and promoting affordable, healthy food for all. I believe that they are key for the European Green Deal. That’s why we are looking at the Farm to Fork Strategy as a tool that can help consumers choose healthy food that is not harmful to our environment whilst at the same time reducing food waste. We know that the total global food systems are responsible for almost one third of total greenhouse gas emissions, and we need to make sure that this sector contributes to our quest in Europe for ensuring carbon neutrality by 2050. We in the S&D Group want a Farm to Fork Strategy that will help reduce emissions and that reduces food waste, pushes for more sustainable food production and creates new opportunities in the food value chain for all. We will ask for targets to reduce the use of chemical pesticides, fertilisers and antibiotics. We want a Farm to Fork strategy that guarantees consumers traceability so that they can trace healthy food that helps reduce the risk of cancer and other diseases and that reduces the risk of chemicals such as endocrine disruptors. We believe that, if we plan out our policies properly, the European Green Deal can also be a source of opportunities for food producers, including farmers and fishermen. Ultimately, they are key to offering sustainable food products that can benefit all.
Debate: Farm to Fork Strategy - the key role of farmers and rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2020
Speaker: Martin Hojsík
Political group: Renew
Country: Finland
Language: EN

Mr President, we are well aware of the massive problems that we can face if the collapse of the beehives and the loss of pollinators and other biodiversity goes really full scale. There is one very clear culprit – not the only one but one that is well known – and that’s hazardous pesticides, and their massive use in our own agriculture and agriculture around the world. Now, often many want to blame farmers, but it’s not something that is their fault; it’s basically the entire system that we’ve built. What we need to provide for them, and that’s what I expect from the Farm to Fork Strategy but also from the common agricultural policy (CAP), is that they need to be able to get the alternatives. We need to have mandatory reduction targets for pesticide use but also for the hazard. We need to have better integrated pest management available for farmers, and we need to have better access to the alternatives to hazardous pesticides on the market. I hope that the Farm to Fork Strategy will be a strategy that doesn’t only talk, but helps to deliver safe food and prosperity for farmers as well as protection for the planet.
Debate: Farm to Fork Strategy - the key role of farmers and rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2020
Speaker: Marcel Kolaja
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Mr President, I’d like to follow up on the topic of empowering consumers to take informed decisions, because I believe that consumer protection has always been one of the top priorities of the European Parliament. Unfortunately, the trust of customers was shaken by the unwillingness to ban dual quality of products. Luckily, we have a chance now to fix some of these issues within the Farm to Fork Strategy. A recent study done by the Joint Research Centre showed that information about product quality is very important to European citizens. We need to strengthen the right for information to ease consumer’s decisions. The key is the labelling on the front of packs informing, for example, about the origin of the product. My second point is about health aspects. Tests prove that similar products are sold with different sweeteners or different amount of fat in some Member States. Lower healthiness of products should not be accepted, and it is a topic that the Commission should address in this strategy.
Debate: Farm to Fork Strategy - the key role of farmers and rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2020
Speaker: Nicola Procaccini
Political group: ECR
Country: Poland
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, la strategia dai campi agricoli alla tavola è largamente condivisa sia dai coltivatori che dai consumatori, specialmente nella mia nazione, l'Italia. D'altra parte non è una strategia economicamente neutra. La giusta scelta dell'agricoltura sostenibile appesantisce il costo di produzione e di conseguenza il prezzo di acquisto dei prodotti.  Penso in particolare all'agricoltura biologica e alla lotta all'agricoltura intensiva. Per questo, senza un sostegno economico adeguato, senza una PAC che tuteli i piccoli e medi agricoltori rispetto alle grandi aziende, rischiamo solo di fare demagogia ambientalista e niente di più.  Anche l'etichettatura alimentare sarà decisiva. Informare correttamente i consumatori sulle origini territoriali e sulle proprietà nutritive degli alimenti non può essere considerato un optional ma un dovere da parte dell'Unione europea. Buon lavoro Commissario.
Debate: Farm to Fork Strategy - the key role of farmers and rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2020
Speaker: Manuel Bompard
Political group: GUE/NGL
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, une politique alimentaire européenne est indispensable pour permettre l’accès de chacun à une nourriture saine et de qualité. Cette politique doit inclure la mise en place d’un plan de sortie des pesticides et l’interdiction immédiate des plus dangereux, comme le glyphosate; le soutien à l’agriculture biologique, qui commence par le refus de la baisse du budget du second pilier de la PAC; la réduction de la consommation des protéines carnées par la fin de l’élevage intensif; et l’augmentation des aides aux cultures végétales à destination de l’alimentation humaine. Mais ces changements ne se feront pas sans les agriculteurs qui n’ont pas aujourd’hui les moyens de vivre dignement. Car une poignée d’exploitations, propriétaires d’immenses surfaces, monopolise en réalité une grande partie des fonds européens. Pour mieux distribuer ces fonds, nous proposons de prendre en compte le nombre d’actifs plutôt que la surface et d’introduire un plafonnement réel des aides. Nous nous battons pour augmenter les aides aux petites exploitations en élevant le paiement redistributif à au moins 30 % du budget, comme le propose le Comité des régions. C’est seulement comme cela que nous pourrons permettre à nos agriculteurs de bien vivre et relever ainsi le défi de l’agriculture écologique de demain.
Debate: Farm to Fork Strategy - the key role of farmers and rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2020
Speaker: Marlene Mortler
Political group: PPE
Country: Romania
Language: DE

Herr Präsident, sehr geehrter Herr Kommissar, liebe Kollegen! Herr Kommissar, wir hätten heute gerne mit Ihrem Kollegen Timmermans geredet und nicht über ihn, denn eine  Land- und Forstwirtschaft ist die einzige Branche, die Sauerstoff erzeugt und Kohlenstoffdioxid bindet, das heißt für gutes Klima sorgt. Ich fordere Herrn Timmermans auf, für gutes politisches Klima zu sorgen und unsere Bauern nicht im Regen stehen zu lassen.
Debate: Farm to Fork Strategy - the key role of farmers and rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2020
Speaker: Jytte Guteland
Political group: S-D
Language: SV

Herr talman, herr kommissionär! Mat är liv, och det är livsnödvändigt att vi i Europa, och för vår planets del, ställer om vårt jordbruk snarast möjligt så att det blir klimatmässigt och miljömässigt hållbart.  ”Från jord till bord”-strategin för hållbar mat är en viktig komponent i den gröna given,  Det finns möjligheter till förbättring, och det måste vi ta fasta på nu. Vår målinriktning måste vara ett hållbart jordbruk. EU:s regelverk och skattemedel ska användas för att vända utvecklingen, inte tvärtom. Då handlar det om att få ner växthusgaserna, men det handlar också om att stärka den biologiska mångfalden, få bort hormonstörande ämnen och bekämpa antibiotikaresistens. ”Från jord till bord”-strategin innebär sund mat som värnar miljön!
Debate: Farm to Fork Strategy - the key role of farmers and rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2020
Speaker: Asger Christensen
Political group: Renew
Country: Romania
Language: DA

Hr. formand! Jeg er selv landmand og meget optaget af "farm to fork"-strategien. Mad og det at spise er meget vigtigt for os mennesker. Vores fødevarer skal opfylde mange ting: de skal være sunde, de skal være næringsrige, de skal være produceret bæredygtigt, og de skal være klimavenlige.  Kan Kommissionen oplyse mig, om strategien vil indeholde tiltag, som vil gøre det nemmere for vores forbrugere at se, hvordan vores fødevarer er produceret, om det er klimavenligt, og om dyrevelfærden og sundheden er intakt? Jeg vil også spørge Kommissionen om, hvordan den har tænkt sig at tilgodese alle landbrug i EU, både store og små. Jeg mener, det er helt afgørende, at vi fokuserer på, at alle landbrug i EU skal være bæredygtige, og ikke fokuserer på størrelsen. Det er helt afgørende, at alle landmænd er med i denne proces.