Farmers Parliament Conference President of Copa Mr Martin Merrild Riga, Latvia, 11th March 2016
Martin Merrild
Independence 4th May 1990
Peace, cooperation and growth
Copa – the farmers voice in EU Copa represent 23 million farmers in Europe Copa founded in 1958 – 13 farmer organizations from the 6 original member states Copa members today: 60 farmer organizations from the EU and 36 partner organizations from Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey
Market situation - Farm liquidity is at a very low level
Cereal production Market situation
Copa-Cogeca: List of measures to EU institutions Full use of remaining market management measures Better functioning of the food chain Finding new, profitable export markets Support cash flow of farmers
Implementation and simplification of CAP - Make it simpler for us farmers
Trade Copa in favour of a fair multilateral framework (WTO) TTIP with the US is very important
Climate change Need to maintain agricultural activity as much as possible Reduction targets and more flexibility
EU citizens happy with financiel support to farmers
EU citizens wants good quality and healthy products
Thank you