There is really no need to wait for a specific date to take to the streets and protest the "EU dairy sector at the brink of an abyss." The dramatic consequences of the milk crisis are enough to warrant such an event. June 1 - World Milk Day - comes at a time when the waves of extremely low milk prices are threatening to drag thousands of European farmers into poverty.
Milk producers are currently staging actions in a number of European countries:
- May 30:
Dutch farmers block bus with EU Agriculture Ministers visiting a farm - May 31:
Demonstration during the informal meeting of EU Agriculture Ministers in Amsterdam
Contact at the Dutch DDB: Hennie de Zwaan (NL, DE, EN): +31 (0)6 30 10 58 90
Contact at the Dutch NMV: Irene van der Saar (NL, DE, EN): +31 (0)6 13 52 55 61 - May 31:
Press conference and solidarity action at Paulihof in Mals, South Tyrol
Contact Markus Hafner (DE, IT): +39(0)340 994 6025 - May 30 - June 1:
Major action at Milk Summit in Berlin with hundreds of rubber boots as symbol for farms run out of business
Major milk spraying and milk tipping actions across Germany
Contact at the German BDM: Hans Foldenauer (DE): +49(0)1705638056
French milk producers will protest against low prices in front of dairies
Contact at the French OPL: Véronique Le Floc’h: +33 (0)6 03 75 66 45
Nicolas Coudray: +33 (0)684921762, David Palaysi +33 (0)6 76 52 01 03
Manneken Pis will spout milk instead of water on June 1 in Brussels
Contact at the Belgian MIG: Guy Francq: +32 (0)497344622
You can find photos from the actions here: http://bit.ly/1sphvwn
