French set the pace in milk ‘strike’ initiative

MORE than 5,000 French dairy farmers have withheld milk for the past week in protest at low prices, according to the European Milk Board. Farmers in Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg have also held back milk.

Belgian farmers flooded a main square in the city of Charleroi with milk, and blocked roads and prevented trucks from picking up milk.

Dutch and Italian farmers were also considering action, an EMB spokeswoman said.