Worldlog Hafta 22 – 2015


26 Mayıs 2015

Ne yazık ki Hollanda’da hala hayvanlara karsı acımasız bir tavır alan hobi alanları var. Bunlardan bir de “Kugu hırsı”. Bu hobi ile ugrasan kimseler, ilk once dogada ozgur yasayan kugulari yakaliyorlar. Sonra da kacmalarini onlemek icin kugularin kanatlarinin bir bolgesini ucma olanagini kaldirmak uzere kesip cikariyorlar. Tum amac bu kugulari sus kusu olarak satip, cok para kazanmak. Partimiz yillardir bu hobinin tumuyle yasaklanmasini savunuyor. Gecenlerde televizyonda yayinlanan bir dokumenter sonrasi, devlet bakani kugu hırsı uygulamasi icin gerekli olan izinin geri cekilmesi konusunda calisma yapilmasina karar verdigini acikladi. Gecen hafta buyuk bir grup parlemento binasinin onunde protesto gosterisinde bulundu. Bu gosterinin amaci devlet bakanini bu konu ile bizzat ilgilenmesini saglamak ve Kugu hırsı izninin tumuyle kaldirilmasini saglamakdi. Bu gosteriye katilan herkeze cok tesekkur ediyoruz.

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Den Haag’da Parlemento onunde

80’li yillardan beri balinalarin avlanmamasi ulusararasi anlasmalar cercevesinde koruma altinda. Izlanda, Norvec, Japonya ve Lapland gibi bir kac ulke ise ne yazik ki bu anlasmayi tanimiyor. Bir cok balinagil bu nedenden dolayi zor duumda ve durum boyle giderse yokolma tehlikesi altinda. Bu gunlerde Avrupa ile Japonya arasinda bir yeni ticaret anlasmasi hazirliklari yapiliyor. Partimiz bu yeni ticaret anlasmasini Japonya’yi yeniden baski altina almak icin bir olanak olarak goruyor. Ticaret anlasmasi gorusmeleri, Japonya yasadisi balina avina son vermedigi durumda, durdurulmali. Partimizin bu cagrisina Avrupa Parlementosunun diger gruplarindan da destek geldi.

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Kimyasal endustri lobicileri Avrupa birliginin hormon duzenimizi bozan maddelere karsi duzenlenen bilgi kampanyasini bloke etmek ve yavaslatmak icin cesitli eylemlerde bulundular. Birlesik Avrupa Gozlemevi (CEO)’nin arastirma ve kampanya grubu bu aciklamada bulundu.

Gecen hafta basina verilen bilgiye gore kimyasal endustri lobicileri Avrupa birliginin hormon duzenimizi bozan maddelere karsi duzenlenen bilgi kampanyasini bloke etmek ve yavaslatmak icin cesitli eylemlerde bulundular. Ornegin bilimsel kanitlari manipule etmeye calistilar. Bilimsel arastirmalar ozellikle zehirli tarim ilaclari, platik, kosmetik urunler, bilgisayarlar, halilar ve insaat yapim maddelerini iceriyor. Bu maddeler hormon duzenimizi bozabiliyorlar ve ozellikle hamile kadinlar ve cocuklar icin tehlikeli. Ayni zamande, bu maddeler kanser, kisirlik, seker hastaligi ve obesite gibi hastaliklara neden olabiliyor. Avrupa Komisyonunun doga dairesinde gorev alan ve ticaret bolumunde calisan gorevliler kampanyaya karsi tavir aldiklari belirtiliyor. Yasanin bu sekilde etkilenmesini ve yavaslatilmasini kiniyorum. Sagligimizi ilgilendiren konular en onde tutulmali. Uluslararasi ticareti konu alan tartismada bu konu ve cok uluslu lobicilerin gucu konusunu gundeme getirdim. Tiklayin.

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Son olarak size iki tane okuma onerim var! Birincisi dogamizin degeri konusunda. Ikincisi “Redefining Prosperity”. Bu kitapta partimizin ekonomik buyumeyi, hammaddeleri kisitli olan bir gezegende, krizden cikmak icin degil, krizin nedeni olarak goren Hollanda’daki tek parti oldugu belirtiliyor.

Hepinize cok okuma zevki diliyorum. Haftaya gorusmek uzere.

Selamlar, Marianne

In the Netherlands, there are unfortunately still cruel ‘hobbies’ that cause a lot of harm to animals. An example of this is swan drifting. Swan drifting is an extremely cruel procedure whereby swans are first caught in the wild, after which a part of their wings is removed, so the animals can no longer fly away. Swan drifters make a lot of money by subsequently selling the swans as ornamental birds. For many years, our party has pleaded for a total ban on swan drifting. Not until a television broadcast about this, the State Secretary recently promised to withdraw the last exemptions. A protest group came to the Lower House in The Hague last week to campaign against swan drifting. The aim of the campaign was to urge the State Secretary that it is extremely necessary to withdraw the exemptions of the swan drifters that are currently still active. For everyone who participated in this campaign: thank you again!

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On Plein in front of the Lower House in The Hague

Since the 1980s already, it was internationally agreed not to hunt whales. A few countries, however, including Iceland, Norway and Japan, are not bothered about this agreement. Many whales are threatened and they will become extinct if this continues. Negotiations between Europe and Japan are currently ongoing with respect to a trade agreement that Japan wants with Europe. To our party, this seems to be a good opportunity to have the European Parliament exert pressure on Japan through commercial policy. The negotiations ought to be stopped as long as Japan does not stop illegal whaling. Our call for this was fortunately also supported by other political groups in the European Parliament this week.

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Lobbyists for the chemical industry have managed to block and delay action by the European Union against the use of hormone disrupting substances in many ways. This was said by the research and campaign group Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO).

Last week, it became clear that lobbyists for the chemical industry have managed to block and delay EU measures against the use of hormone disrupting substances in many ways. They did this by, for example, manipulating scientific evidence. This involves possibly toxic chemicals in products such as pesticides, plastics, cosmetics, computers, carpets and building materials. Those substances may be hormone disruptive and are particularly dangerous to children and pregnant women. The substances have therefore been linked to, inter alia, cancer, infertility, diabetes and obesity. Allegedly, the environment department of the European Commission was seriously thwarted by colleagues of departments involved in trade and business. I find it outrageous that this has caused years of delays in legislation already. Our health should come first! In the debate about international trade, I called attention to the power of lobbyists from multinationals. Click here.

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To conclude, I have two reading tips for you! Firstly, this wonderful article on the value of our nature. Secondly, I would like to recommend the book “Redefining Prosperity”. The book describes what we have been pointing out as the only party in the Netherlands: On a planet with limited resources, economic growth is no solution to the crises, but precisely the problem.

Enjoy your reads and see you next week!

Regards, Marianne