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The draft regulation on contractual relationships in the milk and milk products sector responds to the complex situation in the milk market, fluctuating prices and unfair negotiating practices in relation to the price of milk purchased from farmers. In order to ensure sustainable development of milk production and to guarantee producers an adequate living, it is vital to take steps at Union level to ensure a fairer distribution of profits within the supply chain. Agriculture is the most strategic sector in the EU generally, and it is absolutely essential to look for and identify support options. If our farmers cannot make a decent living, they will cease agricultural activities and we will all be dependent on supplies of food from the outside world. In view of the future global food shortages that would be a huge risk, which the EU must not take. We are proposing that milk producers come together in large units and cooperatives. I would like to point out that we have been successfully dismantling such large farming enterprises in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe over the past 20 years. Small-scale independent farmers were presented as the successful model of the West. I do not believe that any minimum contractual commitments between milk producers and dairies will help to resolve the situation. We should consider setting minimum purchase prices for raw milk throughout the EU, particularly for the winter and summer periods. We must not shrink from this bold step forwards!"@en1
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