8 Amendments of Michela GIUFFRIDA related to 2016/2141(INI)
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas land ownership is the best way of ensuring a responsible relationship with the land and sustainable land management, and also fosters identification and a sense of belonging, encouraging people to remain in rural areas; whereas this has an impact on the socio-economic infrastructure of rural areas, and whereas the separation of ownership and possession increases the risk of a division within society, social imbalances, a loss in quality of work and life, and impoverishment;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the aim of Europe’s agricultural policy is a multi-functional agriculture characterised by capital-owning family and cooperative farms, a broad distribution of assets and a diverse, residence-based agricultural structure with traditions, legal certainty and responsibility that safeguards traditional products and fosters innovation;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the concentration of farmland may result in the loss of agricultural jobs and in social imbalances;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas, if the agricultural sector is to have a future, it depends on the younger generation, as this is the only way to halt the ageing of the farming population and secure farm succession and generational renewal, and whereas on the other hand it is particularly difficult for young farmers and new entrepreneurs to gain access to land;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas access to land is the primary precondition for setting up a farm, which will in turn create jobs and foster social and economic development;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recommends that the Member States give farmers priority in the purchase and rental of farmland, particularly at a time when non-farmers are increasingly interested in purchasing agricultural plots;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Endorses the Commission’s finding that land is a finite resource which is already under much pressure as a result of climate change, soil erosion and over- exploitation, and calls for farmland to be given special protection, with a view to compliance with the four fundamental European freedoms, so thatcalls for the Member States can, in coordination with local authorities and farmers' organisations, to regulate the sale and letting of agricultural land in the light of social and environmental criteria;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to raise the awareness of the Member States about, and support them in combating, corruption in connection with land saleand the Member States to adopt joint policies designed to facilitate access to land and to credit, which are necessary for young people in particular to be able to set up in farming and develop their farms;