The historic solidarity of Czech farmers

Czech farmers are showing solidarity with their German colleagues who are fighting for higher milk prices. As of tomorrow they will cut deliveries to their neighbour Germany by 10 percent. The liberal daily talks of an "almost historic moment in Czech-German relations. ... But the Czech farmers' concern about events on the other side of the border is motivated at least partially by self-interest. They export around 17 percent of their milk to Germany each year. This means the price of milk in their own country is largely determined by the German market. It is currently at nine Czech crowns per litre. If the German protest is successful, the selling price of Czech milk would go up to eleven crowns per litre."

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