The European Commission October 19 announced that next year's EU budget will allocate 280 million euros in rescue troubled dairy farmers, to alleviate the current crisis in the dairy industry.
In recent months, the EU dairy farmers continue to protest, demanding the European Union introduced measures to help farmers weather the storm. Some desperate farmers will become even tons of milk into the farmland, some of the cows to pull the front door of the EU Council, the office building 1:00 milk fragrance released into the atmosphere, cows in groups. Involving 21 member countries of the EU dairy industry crisis of the rain-delayed headache.
The last 10 years, the world's rapid economic development driving rapidly increasing demand for dairy products, while the production of milk of dairy farmers has failed to adapt quickly to this change, resulting in fresh milk in short supply. However, since the outbreak of the international financial crisis has led to the world economy into recession, demand for dairy products, the rapid drop in milk prices plummeted, farmers miserable. July 22 the European Commission issued in 2009 reported that the EU dairy market, milk prices since the end of 2008, down 31%, and the situation worrisome.
Earlier, EU member states unanimously agreed that the EU's Common Agricultural Policy reform, an integral part of the EU milk production quotas for each year, starting in 2009 should be increased by 1% until March 31, 2015 altogether. The farmers thought that this move will certainly worse, since it was created to improve milk production quotas on the EU market, the oversupply of milk, triggering prices plummeted. Germany, France and other countries is therefore opposed to continue to increase production quotas.
The European Union, said more than 19 farmer organizations, 280 million euros to subsidize dairy actually solve the crisis facing the European Union, asked the European Commission to take market adjustment measures to address the current crisis. 280 million euros, the EU can come up with the greatest amount of aid, the EU hopes to quell the anger of farmers, and to stop the protests, but this is no different from farmers for the drop in the bucket. European Union 280 million aid measures are expected to difficult to get the support of the majority of members present, France, Germany, Britain, etc., have expressed opposition.
Analysts here believe that through market regulation measures to reduce the supply, will help to increase milk prices, but the dairy industry is still dependent on a final settlement of the crisis in the world economic situation as a whole turn for the better. |
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