Amen­de­menten Hazekamp over voed­sel­ze­kerheid en veer­kracht van de EU-landbouw op lange termijn

Motion for a resolution on ensuring food security and long-term resilience of the EU agriculture.

Amendment 1
Pär Holmgren

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31a (new)

Amendment

31a (new). Highlights that the availability of plant proteins, if consumed directly, is more than sufficient to meet global protein needs; acknowledges the positive impact that more plant-based diets have on humans, animals, the planet and food security; stresses that the production and market uptake of plant-based proteins should be better supported, together with the production of plan proteins in Europe, in orde to reinforce food security, recognising the importance of promoting healthy lifestyles, as well as of the sustainable transformation of our food systems;

Amendment 2
Pär Holmgren

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

Motion for a resolution

Calls on the Commission to advocate for the targeted use and further development of new breeding techniques in agriculture; calls for the EU to speed up the adoption of legislation on the use of new breeding techniques in partnership with the Member States, while complying with the precautionary principle in order to sustainably increase yields and make crops more resilient to climate change and new pathogens, particularly in view of harmful organisms, droughts, floods, water shortages and other extreme weather conditions that are afflicting an increasing number of EU Member States; points out that new breeding techniques can promote sustainable agriculture, which is not possible without innovation;

Amendment

Calls on the Commission to advocate for the targeted use and further development of innovative breeding techniques in agriculture in order to sustainably increase yields and make crops more resilient to climate change and new pathogens, particularly in view of harmful organisms, droughts, floods, water shortages and other extreme weather conditions that are afflicting an increasing number of EU Member States; points out that breeding techniques can promote sustainable agriculture, which is not possible without innovation;

Amendment 3
Pär Holmgren

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56a (new)

Amendment

56a (new) Calls on the Commission to present an ambitious proposal for an EU sustainable food system framework law establishing a clear and measurable path towards food system sustainability in the EU; highlights that this law should ensure coherence between all existing and future food-related policies, including the EU's external policies, and shift consumption towards sustainable, more balanced and healthy diets, promoting favourable food environments, increasing the affordability and availability of sustainable and healthy food, while ensuring that the prices paid for sustainable production and the incomes earned by farmers are fair; calls on the Commission to use this draft law to strengthen responsibility and engagement in the entire food chain in the transition towards sustainability, to recognise animal welfare as a requirement for a sustainable food system and to encourage a shift towards animal husbandry which respects planetary boundaries and ensures animal health and welfare;

Amendment 4
Pär Holmgren

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62

Motion for a resolution

Calls on the Commission to raise the limits for the use of nitrogen fertilisers derived from animal manure, e.g. RENURE (REcovered Nitrogen from manURE), digestate from bio-waste and any other effective and verified source; calls on the Commission, in the meantime, to allow a temporary derogation in orde to bring down the cost of fertilisers, while seeking the introduction of long-term framework provisions to promote a circular economy on farms and reduce dependence on third country resources; points out that these longer-term measures should include the drawing up of farm intervention strategies, including factors relating to nutrient management plans, soil recovery, precision farming, organic farming and the use of leguminous crops in crop rotation schemes, and be accompanied by sufficient and fair transition periods;

Amendment

Calls on the Commission, to promote a circular economy on farms and reduce dependence on third country resources; points out that these measures should include the drawing up of farm intervention strategies, including factors relating to nutrient management plans, soil recovery, precision farming, organic farming and the use of leguminous crops in crop rotation schemes, and be accompanied by sufficient and fair transition periods;

Amendment 5
Pär Holmgren

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71a (new)

Amendment

71a. (new) Recalls the importance of a high-quality animal welfare system, including in transport and slaughter; welcomes the planned revision of the EU's animal welfare legislation, including updating existing animal welfare legislation and the need for the development, implementation and enforcement of strengthened and new, species-specific legislation, as there is an overall lack of effective implementation and enforcement of the current legislation; underlines the importance of taking into account the latest advances in animal welfare science and responding to public, political and market demands for the updating of livestock housing systems and of production practices;

Report

Seperate on §18

Notes that the European Green Deal could be a milestone in the EU transition to a greener, more sustainable and resilient economy and agriculture; points out, however, that some of the proposed measures might have unintended effects, which have not yet been properly assessed and identified at farm level, in particular on the need to ensure food security in the long term and the viability of farms, especially small and medium-sized farms; calls on the Commission, therefore, to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the cumulative impact of Green Deal legislative proposals on the EU farming sector in a holistic and systematic manner covering all dimensions of sustainability, in particular environmental, economic and social, with a view to ensuring food and nutrition security, the viability of farms and agricultural production in the Union; calls on the Commission to avoid a situation where European farmers face unfair competition from imports that do not meet our standards;

Seperate on §39

Believes that the targeted application of new genomic techniques and the approval of seeds using these techniques in the EU are important measures for making agriculture sustainable in the context of the European Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy;

Seperate on §40

Calls on the Commission to promote a Europe-wide dialogue on the opportunities offered by new breeding methods for tackling climate change and to educate the public about the differences between transgenic plants and new breeding methods;

Split on §41

"Underlines that pollinator... in some Member States legislation;"

", however,"

", without first offering farmers affordable and sufficiently effective pest control alternatives or taking into account the impact that the lack of tools to protect plants from harmful organisms might have on EU food security, its dependence on imports from third countries and ability to maintain proper plant health; highlights that this proposal does not take into account the regional specificities of European agriculture and does not include an overall impact assessment with quantified impacts on food production, the competitiveness of EU farming, the potential impact on farmers, dependencies on food imports, food prices and the spread of harmful organisms;”

Underlines that pollinator numbers have been declining throughout Europe and highlights the urgent need to protect bees and pollinators, in particular by promoting biological pest control and reducing the use and risk of pesticides; highlights[, however,] the fact that the Commission presented a legislative proposal with binding reduction targets for pesticides, including a ban on their use in so-called sensitive areas [, without first offering farmers affordable and sufficiently effective pest control alternatives or taking into account the impact that the lack of tools to protect plants from harmful organisms might have on EU food security, its dependence on imports from third countries and ability to maintain proper plant health; highlights that this proposal does not take into account the regional specificities of European agriculture and does not include an overall impact assessment with quantified impacts on food production, the competitiveness of EU farming, the potential impact on farmers, dependencies on food imports, food prices and the spread of harmful organisms;] reminds that restricting the use of pesticides in sensitive areas is already regulated in some Member States' legislation;

Split on §69

“Calls on the Commission... crop-based biofuel production;”

“, since ceasing biofuel production would also eliminate protein-rich by-products, thereby significantly exacerbating rather than helping to alleviate the food crisis”

Calls on the Commission to develop a realistic biofuel production scenario that takes into account the EU’s protein strategy (, since ceasing biofuel production would also eliminate protein-rich by-products, , thereby significantly exacerbating rather than helping to alleviate the food crisis;] calls on the EU to prioritise food production over crop-based biofuel production;