Measures to address the crisis in the dairy sector

The milk crisis in the EU has persisted since 2015. In light of the situation facing the dairy sector and recognising that the outlook for milk prices is not encouraging, the European Parliament has requested the European Commission and the Council of the European Union to provide an update in plenary in May 2016 on measures to address the situation.

Author: Francesco Tropea.

The EU must quickly take further measures to stabilize milk prices and bring relief to struggling dairy farmers, urged Members of the European Parliament a plenary debate with European Commissioner Phil Hogan and Dutch deputy farm minister Hans Hoogeveen on the 26 May 2016.

These measures should include an EU-wide lid on milk production to boost prices, a more efficient intervention system, to enable the EU to react more swiftly, and balancing the supply chain to enable farmers to earn fair returns, they said.

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http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/milk/index_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/milk/index_en.htm

European Parliament: Newsroom: Press Release, 26.05.16: Milk price crisis: MEPs demand further action to rescue dairy farmers http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20160524IPR28827/

Euro|Topics: Debates, May 2016: Hundreds of millions for dairy farmers http://www.eurotopics.net/en/159962/hundreds-of-millions-for-dairy-farmers

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