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"Mr President, I too would have liked to have seen the Commissioner here this morning, but my understanding is that he is in China, so let us hope he is in China and creating good markets for us to sell our produce out there.
We have once again experienced a downward trend in the incomes of dairy farmers throughout Europe. This brings home to us just how fragile and volatile the dairy market has become.
While it seems that prices have steadied to some degree in recent weeks, no-one can claim that the problem is over. It is obvious that events in the global dairy market have an immediate effect on the livelihoods of producers and processors in Europe.
The Council took, many years ago now, the decision to abolish milk quotas in 2015 – and I was the rapporteur for the dairy package which will be implemented when quotas come to an end in the Member States. But I have this to say that I am not convinced that the legislation will prove to be an adequate replacement for the quota system, for many small dairy farmers will be left very vulnerable in the face of quota abolition. Voluntarily it will not disappear, and we need to be prepared to respond faster and faster response mechanisms, which we have not seen to date.
There must also be enhanced cooperation between the producers and the processors in the industry if the industry is to stabilise and realise its full potential.
Within the overall framework of the CAP reform, we should ensure that adequate market measures are put in place to protect producers against this extreme volatility.
We all speak about, or have heard of, the ‘soft landing’ and I have to say, quoting the former Commissioner, Mariann Fischer Boel, that this has proved to be a nightmare for the Commission in the long-term.
However, may I finish with a point. Let us not talk ourselves into feeling that things cannot be made better. They
be made better if we all work together."@en1
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