Dairy farmers up in arms over latest EU plan for subsidies

"This is a clear case of discrimination," said Stanisław Michalski, the president of the National Union of Dairy Cooperatives, who went on to say, "It will affect our milk sector and diminish our competitiveness on the single EU market". Jerzy Plewa, the deputy agriculture minister, declares that Poland will continue to fight for equal subsidies. Meanwhile, the EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Franz Fischler, stated that the farmer's protest is groundless. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) A.F.