Worldlog Tjedan 10 – 2015


2 ožujka 2015

Nizozemska je klinac osi kolskog kotača kada se radi o međunarodnoj trgovini psima. To je pokazala nova istraga jednog regionalnog kanala iz nizozemske pokrajine Noord-Brabant. Istraga kanala ‘Omroep Brabant’ potvrđuje mnoge signale da beskrupulozni uzgajivači i trgovci pasa imaju potpunu slobodu i da se milijune zarađuju trgovanjem bolesnim psićima, uglavnom iz istočne Europe. Naša stranka već dugo proba da usmjeri pozornost politike na masovna zlostavljanja pri trgovini pasa. Psići se u istočnoj Europi uzgajaju pod užasnim uvjetima a zatim završavaju na tržištu u Nizozemskoj, to jeste ako ikako prežive putovanje. Ljudi ne znaju što kupuju i često dobiju pse koji već umiru. S novim zastupničkim pitanjima sam pozvala Vladu da konačno nešto uradi. Sada je stvarno vrijeme za akciju!

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Amerikanci bi trebali jesti manje mesa. To kaže nedavno objavljeno izvješće od Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Ovaj odbor u ime predsjednika Obame pravi novi prehrambeni vodič za Amerikance. Spomenuto je da je bolje jesti manje mesa, ne samo iz zdravstvenih razloga, nego I zbog zaštite okoliša. Mislim da je to preljepa vijest, ali ne slažu se svi sa mnom.

I u Nizozemskoj bi se trebalo jesti manje mesa. Zbog intenzivnog stočarstva mi ovdje već godinama imamo problem s ogromnim viškom gnojiva. Vlada pokušava riješiti taj problem pružajući velike subvencije za fermentaciju gnojiva. Ove fabrike gnojiva su međutim vrlo kontroverzne. Ciklusi u poljoprivredi se zbog ovog procesa jos više poremeću. i fermentacija gnojiva stvara vrlo malo energije. Osim toga, ove tvornice gnojiva su veliki rizik za okolinu, kao na primjer za zdravlje stanovnika. Jedino rješenje za problem gnojiva je kontrakcija stoke. Kao što moja kolegica Esther Ouwehand kaže: “Manje životinje, manje gnojiva, manje problema.”

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Moja kolegica Anja Hazekamp, ​​koja nas zastupa u Europskom parlamentu, pozvala je na konačnu zabranu konzumiranja mesa i mlijeka od kloniranih životinja. Ovaj prijedlog čeka još od 2013. godine, što je čak i prije nego što smo mi dobili sjedište u Europskom parlamentu!

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Dobre vijesti ovog tjedna. Nakon puno godina konzervativne politike poljoprivrede, francuski predsjednik Francois Hollande gura poljoprivrednike prema agro-ekologiji. On je u intervjuu govorio o korištenju manje štetnih proizvoda i o tome da se znanost i tehnologija više trebaju koristiti da bi se revalorizirali oskudni resursi. Bravo Francuska! Sada još samo Nizozemska da učini isto.

Zabavna činjenica: Uskoro (18. ožujka) su provincijski izbori i izbori za nizozemske vodne odbore (Waterschappen). Muškarci dominiraju izborne liste, s prosjekom od 69,4 posto. Samo naša stranka ima više ženskih nego muških kandidata: 53 posto je žensko!

Srdačan pozdrav,

Marianne

The Netherlands are a key player in the international rogue trading of dogs. This has been shown by a new investigation conducted by a regional broadcaster from the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant. The Omroep Brabant broadcaster investigation has confirmed the numerous signs that unscrupulous breeders and traders have free play and that millions are earned on trading sick puppies, mostly from Eastern Europe. Our party has long been calling for attention for the large-scale abuses in the dog business. Puppies are bred under appalling conditions in Eastern Europe and then end up in the Netherlands via Marktplaats, provided they survive the trip. People don’t know what they are buying and often end up with critically ill dogs. With new Parliamentary Questions, I have called the government to finally do something about this. Really, now is the time for action!

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Americans should cut down on eating meat. That is what it says in a recently published report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. On the instructions of President Obama, the Committee has worked on new dietary guidelines for Americans. In addition to health reasons, the environment is mentioned as a very important reason to cut down on eating meat. I think this is great news, but not everyone is happy about it.

Meat consumption should also be reduced drastically in the Netherlands. Due to intensive livestock farming, we have had to contend with a huge manure surplus for years. The government has been trying to solve this problem by providing substantial subsidies for fermentation of manure. However, these manure plants are very controversial. Agricultural cycles are even more disrupted and manure fermentation hardly yields any energy. In addition, manure plants entail major risks for the environment, for example, with regard to the health of residents. The only solution to the manure problem is a reduction of livestock. As put by my colleague Esther Ouwehand: “Fewer animals, less manure, fewer problems.”

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Anja Hazekamp, my colleague who represents us in the European Parliament, has called to finally ban the consumption of meat and milk from cloned animals. This proposal has been on the shelf since 2013, which was even before we had a seat in the European Parliament!

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Good news this week. After years of conservative agriculture policies, the French president, François Hollande, pushes farmers towards agro-ecology. In an interview, he spoke about using less harmful products and obtaining benefit from science and technology to re-value scarce resources. Chapeau France, now it’s time for the Netherlands to follow suit!

Fun fact: Soon (18 March), there will be elections for the Provincial Council and the Dutch water boards. With an average of 69.4 per cent, males dominate the lists of candidates. The only party that has more female than male candidates is our party: 53 per cent are female!

Kind regards,

Marianne