Translations for „butter mountain“ in the English » German Dictionary

but·ter ˈmoun·tain N

the [European] butter mountain

der [europäische] Butterberg

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the [European] butter mountain

der [europäische] Butterberg

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English

You've probably heard the stories of huge butter mountains and wine lakes, and moneybags landowners living the high life thanks to subsidies from unwitting urbanites.

theconversation.com

It also led to the so-called butter mountains, which could only be sold through export subsidies.

www.stuff.co.nz

In its early days, subsidies encouraged over-production leading to milk lakes and butter mountains.

www.telegraph.co.uk

This led to the so-called milk lakes and butter mountains.

www.bbc.co.uk

The idea is to reward landowners for farming less intensively and to cut back on the type of over-production that led to the infamous wine lakes and butter mountains.

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