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Press release 2.10.09: Second wave of dairy farmers’ protests started successfully
Campaigns of action in nine European countries. Their European Ministers of Agriculture have to defuse the situation at the their Council meeting on 5 October and introduce the change of political system required
video - Germany - lady farmers in Berlin
Hamm, 2.10.2009: Today the dairy farmers initiated…
Results of talk with chancellor Merkel in Germany
Talks with Chancellor Merkel and EMB-President Romuald Schaber with an attending President of the Farmers association DBV Sonnleitner have resulted in an agreement of Merkel to use the national possibilities like freezing the quota incrase, limit the netting and adjust the exchange factor at european level. As expected the…
Protest against the EU Commission’s dairy sector policy
The protests against the current EU-milk policy, which have been started by dairy farmers from the western european countries like France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italie, Austria and Switzerland are now extending to eastern Europe. In a petition scores of organisations of the dairy sector have vehemently…
Ireland: ICMSA Dairy Policy
<link fileadmin dokumente ireland icmsa_dairy_policy_document_ploughing_2009_neu.pdf download file>Dairy Crisis and Solutions
<link fileadmin dokumente ireland icmsa_market_research_campaign_09_09_15.pdf download file>ICMSA Market Research Campaign 2009
Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen (centre)
John Comer, Chairman of Mayo ICMSA, tackles Minister Smith on milk price in front of a media scrum on the second day of the Ploughing
The french support massively the "milk strikers"
"Les Français soutiendraient massivement les «grévistes du lait"
Selon un sondage réalisé par l’Ifop pour Dimanche Ouest France du 27 septembre, les Français soutiennent massivement le mouvement des grévistes du lait. À la question «vous savez que des éleveurs laitiers font actuellement la grève du lait […] pour protester…
Press invitation 1.10.09
A resolution to introduce flexible volume regulation is the only way to calm protesters in Europe
European dairy farmers of the European Milk Board (EMB) will be driving their tractors to Brussels on October 5, to mark the special meeting of EU agriculture ministers. They expect decisions to be made which will lead to a rapid…
Declaration of solidarity of german Federal President Horst Köhler
Example – Köhler supports dairy farmers in their fight against low milk prices
Horst Köhler, Federal President of Germany has declared his solidarity to german dairy farmers. It seems as if the farmers do not discuss at eye level with the industry and that even the potentials of corporate dairies are not exploited. The…
Update 29.09.09
Because of the protest activities of the dairy farmers in Europe the policy has already started to move on national and European level. On 5th of October there will be an informal meeting of the agricultural ministers of the EU member states in Brussels. Pascal Massol from APLI in France is saying. „Our dairy farmers are very…
