A majority of European Union countries on 12 October called for helping dairy farmers with an additional €300 million, after an informal meeting of farm ministers and officials in Vienna. The representatives from 20 EU countries, which represent 95% of the EU’s milk market, said member states should contribute that amount. The European Commission already expects to spend up to €600 million this year on market measures. France would have to pay €60 million, French Agriculture Minister Bruno Le Maire said at a press conference after the meeting. The countries also called on the European Commission to implement several immediate measures to help dairy producers suffering from low prices for their products. These include extending subsidies for milk deliveries to students, using more milk powder as animal feed, and better labelling of dairy- type products that do not contain actual milk. The 20 countries also called for replacing the current quota for EU-wide milk production, which is set to run out in 2015. “We need a new system with new measures,” Le Maire said.