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**** EMB very critical of problematic Mercosur deal **** https://lnkd.in/e7hpPNVQ

+++++ EMB General Assembly elects Executive Committee members and expresses its opposition to the EU-Mercosur trade agreement   The Danish dairy farmer Kjartan Poulsen will remain at the helm of the European Milk Board (EMB) as its President. This year’s EMB General Assembly also voted for Boris Gondouin from the French APLI dairy farmers’ association, to take on the role of Vice-President. Guy Francq from the Belgian MIG, Guntis Gūtmanis from the Latvian LOSP and Roberto Cavaliere from the Italian APL were also confirmed as Executive Committee members. The EMB welcomes Denis Drennan from the Irish ICMSA and Jens Scherb from the German BDM as new members of the Executive Committee. The General Assembly bid a warm farewell to the former Vice-President Elmar Hannen from Germany.   The General Assembly also turned its attention to the problematic trade agreement between the EU and the Mercosur countries. The farmers attending from all over Europe expressed their unanimous opposition to the agreement for the following reasons:   - The agreement brings benefits to the industry, but certainly not to the farmers and to the citizens. - The agreement squeezes prices for farmers and further exacerbates their situation, which is already bad enough. - Domestic agricultural production is displaced by cheap imports that are below the EU standard. This leads to food products landing on the European market with unknown production processes and ingredients that do not fulfil the European standards. - Despite all the talk about sustainability and climate protection, transporting food around the world is a move in exactly the opposite direction. The free-trade agreement torpedoes the attempts being made by the EU to establish sustainable forms of agricultural production in the Union. - Food production is a question of national security. This is also torpedoed by the trade agreement. - Furthermore, the EU Commission is taking an antidemocratic approach when allowing loopholes in the law to be exploited during the process of voting for such an important trade agreement. Another important topic at the General Assembly comprised the EMB’s proposals for a CAP reform.    A B C of the CAP Reform   The agricultural sector needs a regulatory framework to rectify these severe shortcomings. The following areas for reform have been identified as necessary for restructuring the agri-food sector:   A) Expansion and further development of the Milk Market Observatory B) EU legislation requiring prices to be higher than production costs C) Reforming EU contracting D) Expansion of pooling in producer organisations with the inclusion of producers from cooperatives E) Creating cost transparency in cooperatives by means of compulsory cost calculation by the cooperatives F) Safeguarding compliance with EU standards in imported products using mirror clauses, and excluding agriculture from free-trade agreements G) Public recognition and promotion of Fair Milk products

EMB General Assembly NOW in Brussels Producers from all over Europe discuss, among other things: ➡️ highly problematic EU-Mercosur trade agreement ➡️ protests flaring up in countries ➡️ the need for CAP reform, which must ensure more than cost-covering prices ➡️ the ideal fair milk project And congratulations to the Board members elected at the AGM and many thanks to the previous EMB Vice-Chairman Elmar Hannen.

Read the EMB November Newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/ek-8SBtp o EMB congratulates Fairebel on its 15-year anniversary o Belgium: Fairebel celebrates its 15-year anniversary o Pioneering Fair Milk project with PENNY in Germany o The designated EU Commissioner for Agriculture o EMB message to the new EU Commissioner for Agriculture o Open letter by European farmers and agri-food workers o AbL from Germany: fairness in the supply chain? o Northern Ireland Farm Welfare Bill o Situation of dairy farmers in Belgium and new threats o BDM: bird’s-eye view for the Agricultural Ministers o Dickybird in Hamburg

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😀😀😀 A great project - a great cooperation: Die faire Milch x Milprima - available in all PENNY stores across Germany since yesterday - Watch video in German

Die faire Milch in Germany Press release about a new exiting project: https://lnkd.in/ebruVfyw

See full press relase here: https://lnkd.in/eA4f8h3N