Do not sweep the dairies’ responsibility for the milk price crisis under the carpet

Press release concerning EU High Level Group on milk

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Song of european dairy farmers

A new song has been created for all european dairy farmers.

If you would like to listen to it, you can click through here.

Lyrics:

Chorus

Wir sind das Volk (german)

Nous sommes le peuple (french)

We are the people 

Noi esistiamo il populo (italian)

Wir sind das Volk (german)

Brotherly we are fighting,

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Blocades of milk laboratories in France - 60 % of french milk volume cannot be delivered

Especially in the western part of France milk laboratories are actually blocked by a large number of dairy farmers.  According to the french dairy farmers' association "Association des producteurs de lait indépendants (APLI)" about 60% of the french milk volume won't be delivered. With this action farmers want to dispose the…

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Press release: EMB Rejects Pseudo-Solutions from the EU Ministers of Agriculture!

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video Talk EMB with Belgian delegation

video EMB Interview Belg. Agricult. minister Larulle

A huge eye was erected outside the building where the European Ministers of Agriculture are meeting in Brussels to symbolise the close eye every European milk producer is keeping on them. With tractors from the…

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Spain: Farmers on strike

Spanish farmers will not deliver their products to the industry tomorrow. As the agricultural organisations COAG, ASAJA and UPA published, farmers from several agricultural sectors are on strike today and tomorrow to point out the dramatic agricultural situation. A big manifastation will take place in Madrid, Saturday, 21th…

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Press invitation 20/11/09: A close eye on the EU politicians

The eyes of the European milk producers will be fixed on the European Ministers of Agriculture when they meet in Brussels on 20/11/2009.

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Press voices from different countries

France press voices:

Statement of Bruno le Maire, french minister of Agriculture, concerning the emergency plan for french agricultural sector (french) - "Plan d'urgence en faveur de l'agriculture"

<link fileadmin dokumente frankreich download file>Statement french Ministry of Alimentation, Agriculture and Fisheries (french)

New day of activities in west of France -…

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News from the EMB-countries

Netherlands

Dutch Dairymen Board nominated for the 2009 EBN Europe Democracy Award - Press release DDB

In the context of the week of democracy, the European movement in the (EBN) has asked four Dutch members of European Parliament to nominate their favourite Dutch-European citizens’ initiatives for the EBN Europe…

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Press Release: Meeting with High Level Group

Grasp the opportunity and strengthen the milk producers’ position in the market

The EU governments’ High Level Group Milk met today. The European Milk Board is calling for basic conditions to enable the dairy farmers to become equal players in the market

Brussels, 10.11.2009: the European dairy farmers’ uprising in recent…

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Hungarian farmers protesting with cow skulls

Thursday, November 5th Hungarian farmers protested in the cities Budapest, Györ, Pécs, Miskolc und Szeged. They demand regulations to stop cheap imports. To demonstrate how desperate the situation is, they put cow skulls on the streets and spilled milk. Because of dumping milk prices a great amount of dairy cattle has to be…

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