IDM ¦ Editorial
Parliament drivel,
nothing more
We have long-since been acqainted with politicians saying strange things and pretending that what
they propose will solve problems or improve certain situations. Most of the time nothing happens,
sometimes, if politicians succeded in pushing through dumb concepts, situations can change – although
quite often for the worse. This is an ongoing process throughout the history of mankind.
Brexit, for instance, has brought a huge number of changes, and for the moment some aggravation
of the economic situation. But in the longer run, Brexit will surely offer more positive opportunities
than it will harm. Luckily, the Brits now no longer have to listen to the European Parliament and
the considerable number of dimwits that it houses. We need not think of the ominous European
migration pact that is currently in preparation, let‘s just focus on the European Green Deal. There is
still discussion about whether climate change is man-made or not and a good number of internationally
renowned scientists simply say that at most the change has been accelorated a bit by GHG
emissions. Considering we had glacial and warm periods before the arrival of mankind, vehicles
and heavy industries, it stands to reason that the sole focus on GHG is not sufficient at all. We
should rather adapt ourselves to the Holocene we are living in than try – effortlessly in the end – to
fight global warming. But of course, we all need to consume less resources, given the rapidly growing
world population and limited natural reserves.
In that sense, The EU Parliaments proposal for tightened sustainability regulations for the dairy sector
under the Farm-to-Fork Strategy will not help to solve any problem. It will just decrease the milk
pool by about 6% and push raw milk prices up by a third. Overall, European consumers will have to
pay €40 billion more for dairy products a year without getting any additional benefit.
Surely, the EU needs no external foes when it has the European Parliament, thinks Roland Sossna.
Roland Sossna
Editor IDM
International Dairy Magazine
sossna@blmedien.de
international-dairy.com
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