More and more countries are joining the delivery stop. Now farmers from Austria are joining their colleagues in France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg and stopped delivering their milk. After announcing a participation of Austria yesterday 300 farmers started right away. A spokesperson of the Austrian IG-Milch said today: "The farmers here are very optimistic and ready to fight for their farms. We are sure, that a high percentage of our farmers will be on strike very shortly."
The information of the several countries are listed here:
France:
Increasing participation: 35 – 40% of farmers participate (total of farmers in France: 90.000),
Yesterday 5000 farmers joined the strike
In some regions: 100% are striking, in other regions f.e. Loire Atlantique 60% participating
Germany:
so far more than 1000 farmers are already participating - the participation increases step by step
many actions so far in front of political offices and at farms and in front of supermarkets
Belgium
1000 farmers participating
Big milk actions around Namur with 200.000 Liter and in Lien with 40.000 Liter milk
250.000 Liter milk have not been delivered to the market yesterday
Austria
Several hundred farmers alrady participating right after the start yesterday, numbers are increasing today
Luxemburg
several actions today, incrasing number of dairy farmers joining the delivery stop
expected that monday more and more farmers are joining
Netherlands
dairy farmers joined delivery stopp
several meetings and actions taking place in the Netherlands today
Switzerland, Italy
there are information by press, that dairy farmers are ready to join beginning of next week
