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Debate: Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other Regulations
Date: TUESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2020
Speaker: Álvaro Amaro
Political group: PPE
Country: Portugal
Language: PT

Senhor Presidente, Senhor Comissário, encerramos esta semana um capítulo que começou há demasiado tempo e fazemo-lo hoje num contexto muito diferente daquele em que esta reforma foi pensada, foi estruturada, apresentada e até negociada.  É a importância vital dos alimentos, de que dependemos, que nos mobiliza em torno de uma das mais importantes políticas comunitárias, mas não sejamos ingénuos: a PAC é que garante a soberania, a segurança e a suficiência alimentar dos europeus, reformando igualmente práticas e métodos de produção. Mas a PAC desempenha ainda um importante papel que é como que um catalisador do progresso. Reforça o tecido socioeconómico da Europa rural e das regiões ultraperiféricas, criando emprego, promovendo o crescimento e a inclusão social, mas sem nunca esquecer os jovens agricultores. Há que dizê-lo com justiça: as zonas rurais são das que mais contribuem para melhorar a prestação ambiental da Europa. O nosso papel, esta semana, é compatibilizar as ambições climáticas e ambientais com a produção sustentável. Aprovar uma reforma não é aprovar uma rutura. Sabemos bem que a política é a arte do compromisso e o compromisso que queremos aprovar é a melhor solução, ou é a solução possível, para os 27 Estados—Membros. Defendemo-lo não por ser perfeito, mas porque é viável, pois os nossos agricultores dependem de soluções concretas. Não cedemos a demagogias, nem a populismos. Somos o partido dos agricultores e negociamos esta PAC ao lado dos agricultores e pelos consumidores. A PAC é, por tradição e princípio, a política da Europa. A política que garante que a Europa tenha presente e futuro, a produção da solidariedade e da prosperidade da União.
Debate: Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other Regulations
Date: TUESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2020
Speaker: Jytte Guteland
Political group: S-D
Language: EN

Mr President, this week we will decide the upcoming seven years in the common agricultural policy (CAP) and how it will look for EU farming. This is of historic importance and we need to reform the CAP. Unfortunately, the text on the CAP strategic plans, voted in the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, fell far behind the ambition of the Commission’s proposal. The work of us progressives has been to change this and make sure that the goals set in the European green deal, the Farm to Fork, the biodiversity strategies, are compatible with the report that we now have in front of us.  I’m happy for the wins – now we have a large percentage of money going to promote the transition to sustainable practices. I’m also happy that some of the fake climate environmental actions are now gone. The conditionality for farmers to receive direct payments have improved to some degree, but I have to say all this could have been stronger. The mixed results of the group consensus means that we have to do more. I urge all in this Chamber to vote for the amendments which aim to secure that the CAP is aligned with the Paris Agreement goals for the Agenda 2030 and therefore gives us some hope that we can create a sustainable future, because this time we have to consider the climate, the environment, animal welfare. Animals are packed together in intensive farming factories and are a threat to our health and to the climate and also, with growing risk of anti-micro-biological superbugs, a risk of transmission of disease, which can lead to new epidemics.  This time, we also have to make sure that bad employers, who use their often very vulnerable workforce in an unacceptable way, are punished and not rewarded with money. This time, we have to vote to do something about the fact that European agriculture is one of the main polluters and emits enormous amounts of greenhouse gases. This needs to change and it needs to change fast.
Debate: Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other Regulations
Date: TUESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2020
Speaker: Elsi Katainen
Political group: Renew
Country: Poland
Language: FI

Arvoisa puhemies, hyvät kollegat, terveiset Helsingistä! Vihdoin ja viimein pääsemme äänestämään yhteisen maatalouspolitiikan uudistuksesta, jota todella tarvitaan, sillä nykyinen järjestelmä ja tämä tilanteen epävarmuus on viljelijälle liian raskas. Saavutettu kompromissi on tärkeä askel kohti kestävämpää maataloutta. Toivon, että mahdollisimman moni meistä valitsee vastuullisen tien ja tukee saavutettua sopua, vaikka sen sisältö ei olekaan kenellekään täydellinen. Ratkaisuja ei voida enää siirtää, tarvitsemme ruokaturvaa ja huoltovarmuutta. Olen huolissani siitä, että esitetyt ilmasto- ja ympäristötoimien korkeat prosenttivaatimukset tekevät ruuantuotannosta vaikeampaa. Siihen olen tyytyväinen, että saimme komission esittämät järjettömät ehdotukset koskien Suomen turvepeltoja ja paljaan maan kieltoa järkevämmiksi. Nautojen korvamerkintäsanktioista ja muista samantyyppisistä sanktioista olisi nyt vihdoin päästävä eroon.  Tukikatosta on sanottava, että sen pitäisi olla jäsenmaille vapaaehtoinen. Suomessa se osuu jopa pieniin perhetiloihin, joita juuri EU:n taholta on kehotettu investoimaan. Emme saa tehdä ristiriitaista politiikkaa. On valitettavaa, että vihreät ehdottavat koko komission esityksen kaatamista, eivätkä tue tätä kompromissia. Me kaikki tiedämme, että tällaisella huomionhakuisella tavalla tehdä politiikkaa ei saada toivottuja tuloksia aikaan.
Debate: Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other Regulations
Date: TUESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2020
Speaker: Roman Haider
Political group: ID
Country: France
Language: DE

Herr Präsident! Der Vorschlag zur Zukunft der gemeinsamen EU—Agrarpolitik hat ja durchaus auch einige positive Ansätze: die Deckelung der Förderung auf hunderttausend Euro pro Betrieb. Das ist durchaus zu begrüßen und kommt den kleinen regionalen Landwirten zugute. Auch begrüßenswert ist der Vorschlag, ausländische Billigimporte zu verringern, davon profitieren sowohl die Konsumenten als auch die heimischen Bauern.  Leider schießt halt dieser Vorschlag auch gerade beim Umweltschutz aber weit über jedes sinnvolle Ziel hinaus. Der Green Deal ist für die Kommission offensichtlich wirklich so etwas wie ein Fetisch geworden. Sie erschaffen hier mithilfe von zweitausend Abänderungsanträgen ein Bürokratiemonster, das unseren Bauern das Leben unnötig schwer macht.  Und das einzige, worüber in der Öffentlichkeit diskutiert wird inmitten der schwersten Wirtschaftskrise seit 1945, ist die Bezeichnung veganer und vegetarischer Produkte und ob der Veggieburger in Zukunft Burger heißen darf. Eine sinnlose Diskussion, wie ich sie noch nie erlebt habe – sinnlos selbst für EU-Verhältnisse.
Debate: Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other Regulations
Date: TUESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2020
Speaker: Francisco Guerreiro
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Mr President, I must ask: why vote today on amendments that were only going to be voted on tomorrow? It is a coincidence that these will be the compromise amendments shared by the EPP, Renew and S&D. It seems that we are continuing this House’s tradition of business as usual, and scientists say that, if we continue business as usual, we will reach the point of no return in a decade. Seventy per cent of agricultural emissions come from the livestock sector, so EU funding must not be used in any way to support concentrated animal feeding operations. More, we must also stop funding bullfighting with European money. The common agricultural policy (CAP) was created to aid the production of food, not fuel animal cruelty. To end, a final reflection on the veggie burger topic. For years, this has never been an issue, but now the meat and dairy sector are so scared that they are starting to fight about food denominations. But if we care about the environment, animals and public health, we should facilitate the choice of European consumers, not the other way around.
Debate: Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other Regulations
Date: TUESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2020
Speaker: Emmanouil Fragkos
Political group: ECR
Country: Denmark
Language: EL

Κύριε Πρόεδρε, δυστυχώς οι αγρότες μας έχουν πέσει θύματα της γραφειοκρατίας και της υποκρισίας των Βρυξελλών. Και μιλώ για υποκρισία διότι, ενώ η Ένωση έχει μια σειρά από εξωφρενικές απαιτήσεις από τους παραγωγούς μας για να πάρουν τις ενισχύσεις, μέσω των συμφωνιών που υπογράφει με τρίτες χώρες γεμίζει τα ευρωπαϊκά ράφια και ταΐζει τους Έλληνες και Ευρωπαίους καταναλωτές με λεμόνια και πεπόνια από την Τουρκία, με ελαιόλαδο από την Τυνησία, με πατάτες από την Αίγυπτο, με μέλι από την Κίνα και άλλα πολλά. Το βασικό πρόβλημα με τα εισαγόμενα προϊόντα είναι ότι αποτελούν μία υγειονομική βόμβα, καθώς δεν υπάρχει ο παραμικρός έλεγχος κατά τη διαδικασία παραγωγής από τις τρίτες χώρες. Με λίγα λόγια, ποιος και κάτω από ποιες συνθήκες θα παράγει. Επίσης, τα εισαγόμενα προϊόντα έχουν τόσο χαμηλό κόστος παραγωγής που είναι αδύνατον να τα ανταγωνιστούν οι παραγωγοί μας. Αν θέλετε λοιπόν να στηρίξετε έμπρακτα τους Έλληνες και Ευρωπαίους αγρότες, μειώστε τις εισαγωγές. Έτσι, θα έχουμε αύξηση στη ζήτηση και στην παραγωγή των δικών μας ποιοτικών προϊόντων και, επίσης, δημιουργία θέσεων εργασίας στην ελληνική περιφέρεια.
Debate: Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other Regulations
Date: TUESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2020
Speaker: Eugenia Rodríguez Palop
Political group: GUE/NGL
Country: Netherlands
Language: ES

Señor presidente, la PAC afecta directamente a la vida de millones de productores en la Unión Europea, y de forma indirecta todos y todas somos beneficiarios de los frutos del campo y sus ecosistemas. La lucha de hoy es la lucha por el territorio y por la vida. La PAC es una herramienta de cohesión y ahora, además, debe reforzar la transformación verde que afronta Europa. Rechacemos esa idea de que los agricultores son sujetos pasivos subvencionados. No. Los agricultores nos dan de comer, mantienen vivas las zonas rurales y son un dique de contención del cambio climático. Algunos grupos políticos han venido aquí a defender el modelo de siempre con un envoltorio verde. Pero la PAC de este tiempo es más justa y más sostenible. Por eso exigimos que se bonifiquen las primeras hectáreas, porque las dos terceras partes de las explotaciones de la Unión Europea tienen cinco hectáreas o menos. Por eso queremos que haya un límite máximo en las ayudas, porque solo el 2 % de los beneficiarios reciben más de 60 000 euros. Por eso defendemos un gasto medioambiental significativo y real en favor también de los jóvenes y las mujeres. Por eso queremos una condicionalidad fuerte, no solo verde sino laboral, que garantice derechos de agricultores, ganaderos, trabajadores y temporeros. Apostamos por una Europa unida en la que se transforme nuestra forma de cultivar, criar producir, comerciar y consumir. Hoy empieza a nacer buena parte de lo que seremos.
Debate: Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other Regulations
Date: TUESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2020
Speaker: Petri Sarvamaa
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: FI

Arvoisa puhemies, ihan ensimmäiseksi haluan kiittää esittelijöitä ja varjoesittelijöitä tämän valtavan työurakan ja neuvottelujen loppuunsaattamisesta.  Tällä kertaa yhteinen maatalouspolitiikka pyrkii varmastikin saavuttamaan enemmän kuin koskaan aiemmin. Sillä on kunnianhimoiset ympäristö- ja ilmastotavoitteet, mutta minulle ihan yhtä tärkeitä ovat erityinen huomio ruuan laatuun ja turvallisuuteen, nuoriin viljelijöihin, pieniin ja keskisuuriin maatiloihin ja maatilojen sukupolvenvaihdoksiin – ihan näin muutaman mainitakseni. Mutta meidän täytyy muistaa, että kaikkien näiden kunnianhimoisten tavoitteiden keskiössä täytyy ehdottomasti olla se itse tärkein eli ruuan tuotanto: laadukas, kestävä ja turvallinen eurooppalainen ruoka. Ja sen takana on aina viljelijä, ja niinpä viljelijän täytyy olla jatkuvasti tämän meidän työmme keskiössä. Tämä on tärkeää muistaa. Maataloustuotannon jatkuvuus täytyy ehdottomasti turvata ja säilyttää kaikissa osissa Eurooppaa myös tulevaisuudessa. Siksi on erittäin tärkeää, että myös parlamentin kanta antaa mahdollisuuden ottaa huomioon jäsenvaltioiden erityistarpeet ja vaikeat olosuhteet. Näistä kasvismakkaroista ja -burgereista olisin voinut puhua enemmänkin, mutta jääköön tällä kertaa.
Debate: Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other Regulations
Date: TUESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2020
Speaker: Isabel Carvalhais
Political group: S-D
Country: Italy
Language: PT

Senhor Presidente, termina uma longa e difícil negociação neste Parlamento que cruzou duas legislaturas e diferentes deputados, e cujos resultados – pelo menos alguns –, deixam um sabor de insatisfação em muitos de nós. Este é o resultado dos compromissos que foi necessário fazer, imperfeitos para o que são as nossas posições e ambições enquanto grupo, mas necessários para conseguir progredir. E por isso, pese embora a insatisfação, creio que é também tempo de avançar para as soluções que possam ajudar os agricultores europeus nos desafios importantes para uma agricultura cada vez mais sustentável em todas as suas dimensões. E o Parlamento cá estará para exercer esta pressão de vigilância neste processo. Por isso, desejo felicitar o resultado dos compromissos no dossiê do regulamento da OCM que contribuirão para o fortalecimento da posição dos agricultores e defesa da produção agrícola europeia. Também no regulamento dos planos estratégicos os compromissos agora alcançados representam um passo no sentido positivo em relação a um documento-base que deixava muito a desejar, e para cujo avanço o S&D teve um papel crucial, e destaco aqui também o empenho dos socialistas e democratas em procurar introduzir o conceito de condicionalidade social. Gostaria ainda de sublinhar a importância que a atividade agrícola possui para as áreas rurais, em particular no apoio à sua manutenção em zonas mais desfavorecidas com constrangimentos naturais. Apoiar a manutenção da atividade agrícola nestas áreas é também apoiar a manutenção de áreas agrícolas de elevado valor natural, contrariar o abandono das terras e consequentemente lutar pela preservação dos ecossistemas agrícolas e das espécies a eles associadas, e isto também deve ser reconhecido.
Debate: Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other Regulations
Date: TUESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2020
Speaker: Pascal Canfin
Political group: Renew
Country: Malta
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, Monsieur le Commissaire, nous votons cette semaine, au Parlement européen, la politique agricole commune et on le sait, c’est un vote déterminant: 30 % de la totalité du budget européen pour les sept prochaines années. Avec mes collègues de la délégation Renaissance et du groupe Renew Europe, nous avons deux très grandes priorités. La première, c’est de donner plus de revenus aux agriculteurs qui en ont besoin, notamment les petits et les moyens agriculteurs, parce qu’on ne peut pas faire la transition agricole, la transition agroécologique, si on n’a pas les moyens nécessaires pour le faire. C’est pour cela, par exemple, que nous soutenons le plafonnement des aides de la politique agricole commune. La deuxième grande priorité, c’est bien évidemment la transition agroécologique. C’est pour cela que dans le compromis, nous nous réjouissons que 30 % des aides du pilier I, 30 % des subventions directes aux agriculteurs, seront pour la première fois liées à des bonnes pratiques environnementales pour la biodiversité, pour la réduction des pesticides, pour le climat. Mais il faut aller encore plus loin parce que ce compromis, c’est un compromis. Nous avons encore la possibilité en plénière, cette semaine, d’améliorer considérablement cette réforme, notamment en votant la cinquantaine d’amendements qui ont été redéposés par la commission de l’environnement, de la santé publique et de la sécurité alimentaire du Parlement européen, que je vous invite, bien évidemment, à soutenir. Soutenons aussi un lien direct entre les objectifs des stratégies «biodiversité» et «de la fourche à la fourchette» et la politique agricole commune, par exemple la réduction de 50 % des pesticides sur les dix prochaines années en Europe.
Debate: Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other Regulations
Date: TUESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2020
Speaker: Rosanna Conte
Political group: ID
Country: Hungary
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, la nuova PAC deve innanzitutto tutelare la centralità dell'agricoltura per la società e l'economia. La battaglia per la tassazione ecologica è sacrosanta, ma deve garantire il giusto equilibrio tra standard ambientali e sostegno a produttività e competitività. Servono quindi buon senso e flessibilità, elementi che vorremmo vedere nel regolamento sui piani strategici, perché il futuro piano nazionale non può aumentare la burocrazia e cancellare le buone prassi consolidate dalle regioni, come le autorità di gestione.  Ricordo che vi sono già oggi produzioni di fatto sostenibili, come quella del riso in Italia, e sottolineo che ridurre la produzione di carne in Europa, quella vera, favorendo l'import da paesi terzi, rischia di provocare più danni all'ambiente e ai consumatori, invece di alleviarli.  Lo stesso discorso vale per il tabacco, che deve rientrare nella lista dei prodotti aventi il diritto di accedere ai finanziamenti europei della PAC. Il Covid, signori, ci ha insegnato che l'eccessiva dipendenza da paesi terzi in campo industriale è una debolezza che l'Europa non può permettersi. Non facciamo lo stesso errore con l'agricoltura, sosteniamo settori come quello del vino e del miele e aiutiamo i nostri agricoltori a rialzarsi.
Debate: Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other Regulations
Date: TUESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2020
Speaker: Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Herr Präsident, meine Damen und Herren! Inmitten dieser Pandemie, inmitten dieser unfassbaren Krise, in der wir teilweise schmerzhaft lernen, dass zu große Eingriffe in die Natur uns krank machen, inmitten dieser Zeiten wollen Sie bei der Agrarpolitik an diesen alten Strukturen festhalten? Dabei wird dieses Geld für den großen Wandel doch so benötigt, um die Landwirtinnen und Landwirte zu unterstützen, die mehr Tierwohl, mehr Biodiversität, mehr Klimaschutz und weniger intensive Praktiken vor Ort umsetzen wollen.  Dieses alte System, das vor allem der Agrarindustrie dient, das unsere Ökosysteme nachweislich belastet und somit uns und unseren Planeten krank macht, ist menschengemacht. Und es wird hier einfach fortgeführt, und wir könnten es ändern, wenn sich die Sozialdemokraten, wenn sich die progressiven Kräfte hier nicht einfach vom Acker machen würden. Seien Sie Realist, und stimmen Sie mit uns für einen Neuanfang der GAP!
Debate: Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other Regulations
Date: TUESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2020
Speaker: Andrey Slabakov
Political group: ECR
Country: Spain
Language: BG

Много важни неща не бяха засегнати от компромисите, например изискванията за условност към малките земеделски стопанства, които буквално ще ги унищожат. С колеги от много политически групи работихме заедно, за да внесем изменения и се надявам те да спасят работещите фермери от фалит и бедност. Най-лесно е орязването на пари за истинските земеделци и за семействата с частни ферми във полза на повече зелени схеми. В културния сектор, където работя, вече това беше направено и бюджетът беше чудовищно орязан. Докато говорим за солидарност, много от вас с лека ръка унищожават общоевропейската култура, започвайки от артистите и творческите организации. Очевидно земеделието ще бъде следващото в опит да бъде унищожено.
Debate: Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other Regulations
Date: TUESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2020
Speaker: Manuel Bompard
Political group: GUE/NGL
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, chers collègues, le vote d’aujourd’hui est capital: il nous engagera jusqu’en 2027 sur un sujet - la politique agricole commune - qui concerne plus de 30 % du budget de l’Union européenne. Ici, j’aurais voulu vous parler de ces 4 millions de fermes qui ont disparu en Europe ces 20 dernières années, de ces agriculteurs qui se suicident, un tous les deux jours dans mon pays la France, de l’extinction de la biodiversité, dont l’agriculture intensive est aujourd’hui la première cause, du changement climatique ou des souffrances infligées aux animaux dans les méga-fermes industrielles. Mais la Commission, le Conseil et les négociateurs des grands groupes de ce Parlement ont déjà décidé de nous envoyer dans le mur. Leurs accords opaques de dernière minute et leur passage en force s’apprêtent à signer l’arrêt de mort de centaines de milliers d’agriculteurs, de la biodiversité et du climat. Alors, chers collègues, n’acceptez pas les manœuvres qui visent à nous faire taire et à empêcher les citoyens de s’en mêler, votez pour l’amendement de rejet pour forcer la Commission à revoir sa copie, car dans dix ans il sera déjà trop tard.