Dairy farmers’ revolt in Europe: where does it go from here?

Representatives of the European Milk Board (EMB) from various European countries are gathering in Brussels today for an EMB conference. They will be discussing how to proceed further in the European dairy farmers’ revolt. The EMB representatives will reveal the results of the conference after that at a press conference in Brussels.

You are cordially invited to an extraordinary press conference in Brussels

on Wednesday, 23.09.2009, at 16:30 hours, in the Hotel Charlemagne, Boulevard Charlemagne 25, 1000 Brussels

Representing the EMB: Romuald Schaber, President of the EMB, Erwin Schöpges, President of the MIG, Belgium, Pascal Massol, President of the APLI, France (FR), Daniel Condat, President of the OPL, France, Sieta van Keimpema of the DDB, Netherlands, Thomas Schmidthaler of the IG-Milch Austria

Pointers to today’s joint farmer protests in Europe

After the press conference milk producers in eight countries will begin massive protest campaigns. The plans include huge demonstrations with tractors in several European capital cities and many regions, some supported by various representatives from the sector.

Contacts for campaigns of action in the following eight countries:

France - Pascal Massol (APLI): 0033/670517303. Daniel Condat (OPL): 0033/6 07 08 62 40

Germany (BDM) - Romuald Schaber: 0049/15155037174

Belgium (MIG) - Erwin Schöpges: 0032/497904547

Luxemburg (LDB) - Fredy de Martines: 0035/2691998831

Austria (IG-Milch) - Ernst Halbmayr: 0043/6649249635

Switzerland (Uniterre) - Rudi Berli: 0041/787077883

The Netherlands (DDB) - Sieta van Keimpema: 0031/612168000

Italy (APL) - Roberto Cavaliere: 0039/335 635 6361