European Parliament
Béla Glattfelder  (PPE ),
in writing.
(HU)
One of the primary causes of the European milk sector crisis in 2008 was the increase in milk quotas voted for in the Council by Hungary’s former socialist government. The delegation of
Fidesz
to the European Parliament opposed both the quota increase and the subsequent abolition of the quota system as of 2015. Our position is that even if the quota system is terminated, there will be a need for supply control measures.
On the other hand, as a result of the European Commission’s current milk market proposals, the single internal milk market could fragment into Member State markets where different rules could apply at national level to the sale of milk. With the interests of milk producers in mind, I submitted a motion for amendment. My motion proposed that cross-border supply contracts should be governed by the regulations applicable at the seat of the producer, but it did not receive majority support.

