European Parliament
Diogo Feio  (PPE ),
in writing.
(PT)
The profound crisis affecting the dairy farming sector means there is an urgent need to adopt more effective measures for supporting producers, and – I continue to maintain – very careful consideration of the elimination of milk quotas in 2015. As we have always said, this is a mistake, and it is not too late to change tack. The stabilisation of the milk market and dairy products will not be achieved through one-off measures alone, but with medium- to long-term solutions for maintaining sustainable production, not forgetting the right of consumers to a fair price. It is vital to give more power to producers and ensure the necessary price stability. In this respect, I would stress that the competitiveness of the outermost regions that depend heavily on dairy production, such as the Azores, is particularly fragile.

