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M/S of a mock cow with German flag painted on C/U of a real cow eating grass in fron of the German Chancellery W/S of protesters with cows in front of the German Chancellery W/S of protesters gathered in front of the German Chancellery listening to a speaker SOT Marina Brotback, Saarlandish farmer: "We've got to earn our money but if there is not milk, that is not possible. And there we need regulation or help from the government so that we can take part in the market and control our milk production." W/S of demonstrators holding up a Poland milk sign W/S of demonstrators M/S of milk demonstrator W/S of demonstrators carrying mock cows W/S of mock cows, one of them with Switzerland flag painted over its body while the other has the Italian flag. M/S of demonstrator petting a cow W/S of protesters in front of sign that reads (in German) "Merkel intimate with the dairy industry" W/S tractors in front of German Chancellery C/U of sign that reads (in German) "The fair Milk. 100% Fair = 100% future" W/S of demonstrators in front of German Chancellery W/S of police vehicle SCRIPT Germany: Furious dairy farmers bring cows to Parliament for the day Several dozen dairy farmers gathered outside the German Chancellery in Berlin on Tuesday to demonstrate against the abolition of the European-wide milk production quotas, which are due to expire at the end of 2015. Farmers fear that ending the quotas will lead to an overproduction of dairy products, eventually leading to a collapse in prices. The protesters arrived to the German Chancellery riding a line of tractors, putting up a wall of straw and carrying a number of mock cows painted with European flags. Three live cows also made it to the rally and signs that read, "Merkel intimate with the dairy industry". Marina Brotback, a dairy farmer from Saarland announced her fears of the collapsing european milk industry at the rally, "We've got to earn our money but if there is not milk, that is not possible. And there we need regulation or help from the government so that we can take part in the market and control our milk production." Currently the European Union regulates the milk market by demanding every member state to reach a national production quota, but to never exceed it. If a member state should exceed the quota, it is obligated to pay a 'super levy' to the EU which is in turn financed by penalties imposed on the dairy farmers. The EU is now aiming to liberilise the milk market by allowing the quota to expire at the end of 2015. In doing so many farmers will increase their business and milk production while others will go out of business. Small farmers feel that the ending of quotas puts their families' economic stability at risk.