European Parliament 2019-2024 Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development 2020/2008(INI) 1.10.2020 AMENDMENTS 1 - 97 Draft opinion Luke Ming Flanagan (PE657.234v01-00) Old continent growing older - possibilities and challenges related to ageing policy post 2020 (2020/2008(INI)) AM\1214297EN.docx PE658.730v01-00 EN United in diversityEN AM_Com_NonLegOpinion PE658.730v01-00 2/45 AM\1214297EN.docx EN Amendment 1 Emmanouil Fragkos Draft opinion Recital Α Draft opinion Amendment A. whereas the demographic old-age A. notes with regret that, whereas the dependency ratio (people aged 65 or above demographic old-age dependency ratio relative to those aged 15-64) is projected to (people aged 65 or above relative to those increase significantly in the EU as a whole aged 15-64) is projected to increase in the coming decades; whereas it has risen significantly in the EU as a whole in the to 29.6 % on 2016 figures, and is projected coming decades; whereas it has risen to to rise further, notably up to 2050 and 29.6% on 2016 figures, and is projected to reaching 51.2 % in 2070; rise further, notably up to 2050 and reaching 51.2% in 2070 in the absence of effective policies to support European birth rates; Or. el Amendment 2 Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Ulrike Müller, Hilde Vautmans, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Irène Tolleret, Jérémy Decerle, Martin Hlaváček Draft opinion Recital A Draft opinion Amendment A. whereas the demographic old-age A. whereas the demographic old-age dependency ratio (people aged 65 or above dependency ratio (people aged 65 or above relative to those aged 15-64) is projected to relative to those aged 15-64) is projected to increase significantly in the EU as a whole increase significantly in the EU as a whole in the coming decades; whereas it has risen in the coming decades; whereas it has risen to 29.6 % on 2016 figures, and is projected to 31.4 % in 20191a, and is projected to rise to rise further, notably up to 2050 and further, notably up to 52 % in 20501b and reaching 51.2 % in 2070; reaching 51.2 % in 2070; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/ view/tps00198/default/table?lang=en 1b https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/ view/tps00200/default/table?lang=en AM\1214297EN.docx 3/45 PE658.730v01-00 EN Or. en Amendment 3 Gilles Lebreton, Maxette Pirbakas, Joëlle Mélin Draft opinion Recital A Draft opinion Amendment A. whereas the demographic old-age A. whereas the demographic old-age dependency ratio (people aged 65 or above dependency ratio (people aged 65 or above relative to those aged 15-64) is projected to relative to those aged 15-64) will increase increase significantly in the EU as a whole significantly in the EU as a whole in the in the coming decades; whereas it has risen coming decades; whereas it has risen to to 29.6 % on 2016 figures, and is projected 29.6 % on 2016 figures, and is projected to to rise further, notably up to 2050 and rise further, reaching 51.2 % in 2070; reaching 51.2 % in 2070; Or. fr Amendment 4 Isabel Carvalhais, Paolo De Castro, Clara Aguilera, Carmen Avram, Maria Noichl, Marc Tarabella, Attila Ara-Kovács, Pina Picierno, Juozas Olekas, Tonino Picula, Ivo Hristov, Miroslav Číž Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Draft opinion Amendment A a. whereas the demographic old-age developments have different impacts in the European regions, affecting more severely rural and remote areas, areas which are also experiencing a decline in their population; whereas population decline may have a negative impact in the social, economic and territorial cohesion of the EU; Or. en Amendment 5 PE658.730v01-00 4/45 AM\1214297EN.docx EN Ivo Hristov Draft opinion Recital А a (new) Draft opinion Amendment Aa. whereas an ageing population can act as a source of knowledge about local traditions, food and way of life in rural areas, which in turn can be used to develop local tourism and business; Or. bg Amendment 6 Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Ulrike Müller, Hilde Vautmans, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Irène Tolleret, Jérémy Decerle, Martin Hlaváček Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Draft opinion Amendment A a. whereas Europe's ageing population is a demographic phenomenon which sees a decrease both in fertility and in mortality rate and a higher life expectancy among European population; Or. en Amendment 7 Asim Ademov, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Michal Wiezik, Marlene Mortler, Daniel Buda, Franc Bogovič Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Draft opinion Amendment A a. whereas demographic change varies considerably across Member States and their regions, with rural and disadvantaged areas most prompt to shrinking and ageing population; AM\1214297EN.docx 5/45 PE658.730v01-00 EN Or. en Amendment 8 Isabel Carvalhais, Paolo De Castro, Clara Aguilera, Carmen Avram, Maria Noichl, Marc Tarabella, Attila Ara-Kovács, Pina Picierno, Juozas Olekas, Tonino Picula, Ivo Hristov, Miroslav Číž Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Draft opinion Amendment A b. whereas employed workers, in the 55-64 age group, represented 59,1% of the labour force in the EU in 20191a; whereas, in 2016, around one third of the managers of family farms were aged 65 or over and the majority (57%) were at least 55years old or more; whereas only one in ten farm managers were under the age of 40; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.dot ab=table∈it=1⟨uage=en&pcode=tesem050 &plugin=1 Or. en Amendment 9 Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Ulrike Müller, Hilde Vautmans, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Irène Tolleret, Jérémy Decerle, Martin Hlaváček Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Draft opinion Amendment A b. whereas the demographic situation severely impacts the social, economic and territorial cohesion of the EU; whereas it is important for the EU to mainstream demographic issues into all its policies; Or. en PE658.730v01-00 6/45 AM\1214297EN.docx EN Amendment 10 Asim Ademov, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Michal Wiezik, Marlene Mortler, Daniel Buda, Franc Bogovič Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Draft opinion Amendment A b. whereas the worrying demographic trends in EU rural areas exacerbate the socio-economic divide and increase the risk of poverty and social exclusion; Or. en Amendment 11 Asim Ademov, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Michal Wiezik, Marlene Mortler, Daniel Buda, Franc Bogovič Draft opinion Recital A c (new) Draft opinion Amendment A c. whereas the upcoming Green Paper on Ageing and Long-term Vision for Rural Areas will outline the EU strategy to tackle the impact of demographic change on our social- economic fabric; Or. en Amendment 12 Asim Ademov, Michaela Šojdrová, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Michal Wiezik, Marlene Mortler, Daniel Buda, Franc Bogovič Draft opinion Recital A d (new) Draft opinion Amendment AM\1214297EN.docx 7/45 PE658.730v01-00 EN A d. whereas farmers are at the heart of Europe’s rural areas; whereas around one third of family farm managers were aged 65 or over in 2016; Or. en Amendment 13 Asim Ademov, Michaela Šojdrová, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Michal Wiezik, Marlene Mortler, Daniel Buda, Franc Bogovič Draft opinion Recital A e (new) Draft opinion Amendment A e. whereas generational renewal is one of CAP’s post-2020 specific objectives; whereas knowledge transfer and intergenerational learning are crucial to increasing cooperation and solidarity between generations, thus bridging the generational gap; Or. en Amendment 14 Isabel Carvalhais, Paolo De Castro, Clara Aguilera, Carmen Avram, Maria Noichl, Marc Tarabella, Attila Ara-Kovács, Pina Picierno, Juozas Olekas, Tonino Picula, Ivo Hristov, Miroslav Číž Draft opinion Recital B Draft opinion Amendment B. whereas the current situation of B. whereas the current situation of older people on the labour market and older people on the labour market and more broadly in society shows that vast more broadly in society shows that vast and decisive investment is needed in areas and decisive investment is needed in areas such as equal opportunities, lifelong such as equal opportunities, lifelong learning and health, and more generally in learning, employment assistance and order to tackle the growing economic and health provision, in order to tackle the social inequalities within the EU; growing economic and social inequalities within the EU; PE658.730v01-00 8/45 AM\1214297EN.docx EN Or. en Amendment 15 Anne Sander Draft opinion Recital B Draft opinion Amendment B. whereas the current situation of B. whereas the current situation of older people on the labour market and older people on the labour market and more broadly in society shows that vast more broadly in society shows that and decisive investment is needed in areas effective investment is needed in areas such as equal opportunities, lifelong such as equal opportunities, lifelong learning and health, and more generally in learning and health, and more generally in order to tackle the growing economic and order to tackle the growing economic and social inequalities within the EU; social inequalities within the EU; Or. fr Amendment 16 Emmanouil Fragkos Draft opinion Recital Β Draft opinion Amendment B. whereas the current situation of B. whereas the current situation of older people on the labour market and older people on the labour market and more broadly in society shows that vast more broadly in society shows that greater and decisive investment is needed in areas cooperation with the private sector such as equal opportunities, lifelong and more and better services for lifelong learning and health, and more generally in learning, health and other sectors are order to tackle the growing economic and needed in order to improve quality of life social inequalities within the EU; for all, particularly the most vulnerable, within the EU; Or.