Amen­dement Hazekamp: Milano Expo 2015, Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life (20)

Paolo De Castro
on behalf of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Milano Expo 2015: Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life

Motion for a resolution
B8‑0360/2015

Plenary

Amendment 41
Anja Hazekamp, Curzio Maltese, Eleonora Forenza, Barbara Spinelli
on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

Motion for a resolution

E. whereas the Expo 2015 themes primarily concern the agriculture sector, which remains a keystone for the Union’s economy, given that agricultural exports represent two thirds of its total external trade, that the Union remains the biggest agricultural exporter in the world and that the EU’s food sector generates an annual turnover of almost EUR 1 trillion and employs more than 4 million people;

Amendment

E. whereas the Expo 2015 themes primarily concern the agriculture sector, which remains a keystone for the Union’s economy, given that agricultural exports represent two thirds of its total external trade, that the Union remains the biggest agricultural exporter in the world and that the EU’s food sector generates an annual turnover of almost EUR 1 trillion and employs more than 4 million people, yet plays a pivotal role in causing such environmental problems as climate change, water shortages, eutrophication, deforestation and erosion, both in the EU and in regions from which the Union imports;