Traduction de «countryside » (Anglais → Français) :

Agriculture and the countryside: When asked about the relationship between agriculture and the countryside, 81% of respondents consider that agriculture is beneficial for the environment, 86% agree that it contributes to the beauty of the countryside and 89% believe that agriculture helps to protect rural areas.

That means we will go straight to a double-track, electrified, 300-kilometre-per-hour train, on a dedicated passenger highway, fully fenced in the countryside, with all grid crossings separated in the countryside.

That's where it also gives us the opportunity, having this bill at first reading, to simply send the bill back, to simply say that we have canvassed the countryside, and the countryside is not willing to accept this bill as it stands, and it needs to be rejigged, redeveloped, and rethought.

[39] See in particular the Presidency's summary of the Namur informal Council on planning policy, the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee, the draft opinion of the European Parliament, the initial opinion of the CPMR, February 2001, and the comments by COPA-COGECA which stress the considerable benefits which stem from support through the CAP, both in terms of the upstream/downstream sectors and businesses that depend on agricultural production and also the important role of farming in managing the countryside and landscape which directly contributes to the quality of live of the EU population as a whole »

Changes in the agricultural sector as a result of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the increasing demands of consumers, environmental pressure, the rapid spread of new technology, the ageing population and rural depopulation are all factors affecting the countryside today.

Trying to preserve the look of the countryside is a real issue, and as a by-product, it is changing the social and economic nature of the countryside.