EU agriculture ministers have agreed to lift milk production quotas in a bid to meet growing global demand for milk.

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The Council of Ministers backed a European Commission proposal for a mandatory 2% rise in dairy quotas across the bloc from 1 April.


The decision flew in the face of proposals from the European Parliament, which last week called for an optional 2% increase.


The German and Austrian agriculture ministers voted against the mandatory quota hike, according to minutes from the Council meeting held yesterday (17 March).


France, the second-largest producer of milk in the EU, abstained.

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The Commission is proposing regular dairy quota increases before abolishing all controls in 2015.

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