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to Brussels
Wednesday 9th October 2002
MEETING POINT:
Spanjeplein/Place d'Espagne
(facing Brussels Central Station)
11h30
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Come and join hundreds of people in the
Trolley Parade
and SAVE OUR FOOD FROM GENETIC POLLUTION!
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Take
action now! |
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Friends of the Earth is organising a big trolley parade on
9th October. Hundreds of people will be marching and pushing
supermarket trolleys through the streets of Brussels asking to save
our food from genetic pollution.
When people go shopping they want to have the freedom of choice…
they want to know what they are eating… The action will send a clear
message to Ministers of EU Member States and MEPs: Europe’s citizens
want the right to choose food free of Genetically Modified Organisms
(GMO).
The trolleys will come from all over Europe. They will be decorated
with the national flags and be filled with food specialties
from all over Europe.
At the end of the march, we will present the food to the European
decision makers and ask them what they will do to safe our food from
genetic pollution… and if they can assure us that we will have the
choice to eat food free of genetic pollution now and in the future.
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Programme |
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October the 9th, Brussels
11.30 We
meet at Spanjeplein / Place d’Espagne (facing Brussels Central
Station). Here you will receive a briefing about the action.
12.00
On the rhythm of the drums, start of the Trolley Parade through
the streets of Brussels… to express that we want to save our food
from genetic pollution. (see map
for more details… direction European Parliament – place Royale – porte
de Namur – square de Luxembourg)
13.00
We arrive at the European Parliament and present our demands.
14.00
We arrive at the Council building. We hand over the national
food specialties and the
petition to the decision makers
and support our demands with statements by Parliamentarians and other
key speakers:
- Alexander de Roo, Member of the European Parliament,
- Alan Simpson, Member of the UK Parliament,
- Magda De Meyer, Member of the Federal Parliament in Belgium,
- Loe Van Der Donckt, Representative of the GM free Belgium City Zwijndrecht.
15.00
The march comes to an end… but the action continues! (don’t forget
to send your letter
to your ministers)
16.00
PARTY with food and drinks… to thank all of you and to (hopefully)
celebrate our success. Please register for food @ pieter.demeyer@foeeurope.org
This program is constantly updated, check
it regularly!
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Route of the
trolley Parade |
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The trolley procession
will start from the Spanjeplein
/ Place d’Espagne (facing Brussels Central Station)
in the centre of Brussels, go via the
European Parliament and arrive outside the Council building
See the map for more details!
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More
about the action |
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On 9th October, key civil servants and Members of the European Parliament
(MEPs) are meeting in Brussels, and just over a week later in Luxembourg
the ministers will make their decision on labelling of genetically
modified food (GM) and animal feed. We are inviting concerned citizens
from all over Europe (and beyond) to come to Brussels and join the
action.
The upcoming EU decisions will directly affect your freedom to choose
GM-free food. Despite environmental hazards and serious doubts about
the safety of GM food, the European Commission has announced that
it wants to lift the moratorium (import ban) on genetically modified
organisms (GMOs) and continue to introduce them into the food chain
and the environment. The USA, the world’s largest exporter of GMOs,
is also putting pressure on Europe to accept GMOs in food and agriculture.
Friends of the Earth believes protection of the environment and consumers
is more important than the trade interests of the GMO industry. Read
more about it on http://www.foeeurope.org/GMOs/index.htm.
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Make clear to European
decision makers you want to choose whether to eat GM food or not!
This letter is
to make clear to the national ministers that European citizens want
to have the choice whether they eat genetically modified food or not.
From
Belgium and Luxembourg:
Contact:
pieter.demeyer@foeeurope.org and
you will receive further details like route and starting
point
From
The Netherlands:
Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands) is
organising a bus from
The Netherlands. The bus leaves in the morning and returns the same
evening. Contact Kees Kodde on 020-5507378 or by email:
kees.kodde@milieudefensie.nl for more information and how
to sign up.
From
the UK and other countries:
Friends of the Earth England,
Wales and Northern Ireland is organising busses from the UK to Brussels.
For more details, contact:
helenam@foe.co.uk
From
France:
Contact
cedric.cabanne@amisdelaterre.org |
