In addition to the extraordinary meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture last Monday, another extraordinary EU Ministers of Agriculture meeting was convened for 12 October owing to the pressure exerted by the European dairy farmers in recent months. The meeting was accompanied by a demonstration by EMB dairy farmers from various…
Wednesday, 7th of October, the dutch minister of Agriculture met the Farm Board to talk about the current situation of the milk market. As representatives of the dutch dairy farmers' organisations, Sieta van Keimpema, president of the Dutch Dairymen Board (DDB) and Hans Geurts vice president of the Nederlandse Melkveehouders…
Date: Monday, 12. October
Time: 11:00 to 18:00
place: in front of Palais Kinsky, Freyung 4, A-1010 Wien, Tel. +43 1 532 42 00
Many farmers from different EU-countries, real cows and the artificial cow Faironika will be participating.
contact:
Ewald Grünzweil
Obmann IG-Milch
Mobil: 0043/ 664 202386
France
Bishops showing solidarity with the dairy farmers’ interests.
farmers preparing for manifestation in Luxemburg, 19 October.
Pascal Massol (FR): 0033/670517303
Spain
Thursday 15 October: A meeting being planned plus action with Spanish and French dairy farmers. Ongoing regional protests aimed…
Switzerland
Today since 7.30 am: blocade of milktrucks in western Switzerland
Tomorrow: action against export subsidies, fires of protestation
All the time information of farmers at animal expositions, etc. about current situation of milk sector
Austria
Today: meeting in Parliament
Tomorrow: big fires of protestation
5,000 demonstrating dairy farmers take note of the proposals put forward by the Ministers of Agriculture and the Commission of the EU on setting up a High-Level Group. However, they are expecting serious steps towards flexible supply control.
Brussels, 06.10.2009: 5,000 dairy farmers from France, Germany, Belgium, Austria, the…
Estimado Romuald.
Hemos seguido con atención los acontecimientos de su lucha en Europa y les expresamos nuestra solidaridad fraternal, aunque retrazado el documento, espero que sea util para levantar mas los animos de los lecheros que estan luchando por sus justas demandas.
Un fuerte abrazo.
Aldo Gonzalez
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Today more than 1000 tractors and 5000 dairy farmers of the European Milk Board (EMB) are demonstrating in front of the EU-Council building where an EMB delegation meets the President of the Agricultural Council Eskil Erlandsson in the run up to today´s meeting of EU agricultural ministers concerning the milk issue. They are…
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…
