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…
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…
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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
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…
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…
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…
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…
Es braucht weiterhin Druck...
...deshalb starten wir die Aktion Warnfeuer:
Wie unsere deutschen Kollegen werden wir in der Schweiz jeweils am Montag, Mittwoch und Freitagabend Feuer machen. Bereits sind bei uns erste Warnfeuer entzündet worden. Es hat sich gezeigt, dass sich diese Feuer zu eigentlichen Bauerntreffs…
Dear MEPs of COMAGRI,
You are invited to participate tomorrow
Tuesday September 29th ,12h-13h00 room ASP 3H1
At a meeting on milk crisis with farmers organisations:
- European Coordination Via Campesina
- MIG (Belgian member of EMB)
Xavier Delwarte (FUGEA, member of ECVC) mobile: 0476 42 39 02
Gérard…
