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• Agriculture, rural (France)

  French anti-pesticide petition highlights clash between ’elite democracy and people’s democracy’

  27 July, by DEJEAN Mathieu, TIBERJ Vincent

  A public petition launched in France against new legislation that will allow the use of a previously-banned pesticide has gathered close to two million signatures. Among other measures aimed at the agriculture industry, the so-called ’loi Duplomb’ will once again permit farmers to spray crops (…)

• Agriculture, rural (France)

  Statement (France): Radical change is needed to combat capitalist agriculture!

  30 January 2024, by NPA / NPA l’Anticapitaliste

  Farmers mobilisations are rocking Europe fuelled by the distress and anger of farmers. We are seeing the hypocrisy of the FNSEA and the government. The far right are trying to exploit the situation. The conflict raises urgent social, climatic and ecological issues.
  Neither the petty measures (…)