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"Mr President, I would first like to address the Commission. Of course I do not agree that all is well for our dairy farmers. Quite the opposite is the case. You should visit Austria to see how our alpine producers are struggling to survive. If we are to avoid destroying the livelihoods of many dairy farmers, then we need to retain milk quotas in order to regulate market volume. Otherwise our alpine farmers will be forced to close down because they simply cannot withstand the competition. It is not possible to produce milk in massive volumes in Europe’s alpine regions as farmers in the flatlands of Ireland or the Netherlands can. We need comprehensive EU-wide supply; milk should not be transported from one end of Europe to the other, but should be produced locally in the various regions. However, from a pan-European perspective, the abolition of the milk quota would also place enormous import pressure on the European dairy market. For this reason, the milk quota needs to be recalculated, as the fact is that, at present, exceeding national quotas by even small amounts can incur penalties measured in millions, despite the fact that there is underdelivery on the overall milk quota at present. That cannot serve any purpose. Finally, we also need an EU-wide price corridor derived from the full cost of production. This would enable a fair price to be determined, both for the producer and for the consumer."@en1
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