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<P><BIG>Europe is losing 1,000 farmers each day. <B>Small, rural farmers who
cannot compete with big businesses are closing shop.</B> Part of that is because
of the way <B>Europe’s multi-billion euro farming package</B> is set up.
[1]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>It <B>gives the biggest chunks of money to big agribusinesses that are
fuelling the environmental crisis.</B> It’s these industrial farms that use
massive amounts of artificial fertilisers, chemical pesticides, and antibiotics
-- all bad for our health and our environment.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>European leaders are in final talks on this deal</B> (known as the
Common Agricultural Policy - CAP) that would fund factory farms for years to
come. [2] </BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Over <B>120,000 of us have already signed the petition</B> asking
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to withdraw this bad deal.
<B>But the bigger it gets, the clearer it will be to her that she needs to stop
it. Will you add your name, Vladimir?</B></BIG></P>
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<P><STRONG><BIG>In case you missed it, read our earlier email
below!</BIG></STRONG></P>
<P><BIG>With hope,<BR>David (London), Annemarie (Berlin), Olga (Bologna) and the
entire WeMove Europe team </BIG></P>
<P><SMALL>References:<BR>[1]
https:<SPAN>//www.agriland</SPAN>.ie/farming-news/europe-loses-1000-farms-per-day-new-agriculture-commissioner/<BR>[2]
https:<SPAN>//ec.europa</SPAN>.eu/info/food-farming-fisheries/key-policies/common-agricultural-policy/cap-glance_en<BR>https:<SPAN>//www.euractiv</SPAN>.com/section/agriculture-food/news/commission-does-not-rule-out-cap-withdrawal-at-a-later-stage/<BR>https:<SPAN>//www.foodandwatereurope</SPAN>.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Factoryfarms_110920_web.pdf
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<P><BIG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400"><STRONG>European leaders are
planning to sign off on a death sentence for nature. </STRONG>They're in
final talks on a big agriculture package that would <B>fund factory farms
for years to come.</B> But we can still stop them.</SPAN></BIG></P>
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<P><BIG><B>Would you sign off on a death sentence for nature?</B> Would you sign
a deal that will kill more bees and birds? That will pollute our water and air?
That's exactly what could happen if European leaders sign off on plans for how
we'll farm in Europe for years to come.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>The new EU agriculture deal will pay billions to industrial
farms,</B> fuelling the environmental crisis. Farmers will get money based on
how large their fields are and how many animals they have. [1] Their farms
require massive amounts of artificial fertilisers, chemical pesticides, and
antibiotics. This threatens our health, pollutes the countryside and destroys
soil. Many small-scale farmers are giving up.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>We thought all was lost in October when the European Parliament
agreed to this deal. </STRONG><B>But youth activists across Europe have
pressured powerful politicians to drop it.</B> Executive Vice President of the
EU Commission, Frans Timmermans, joined them saying: “The agricultural policy is
not sustainable [and] cannot continue like this." [2]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>We don't have much time left to tip the scales: </STRONG>this
Saturday youth activists will rise up across Europe to put real pressure on the
EU Commission. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the Commission, can still
withdraw the deal - but she won't do that unless a whole lot of us speak
out. [3]</BIG></P>
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<P><BIG>Youth climate activists sparked an important debate on the Common
Agriculture Policy (CAP) last year and showed how this deal undermines efforts
to protect the climate and nature. <STRONG>This is our chance to join
them.</STRONG></BIG></P>
<P><BIG>The EU Commission has the right to propose and to withdraw legal plans.
<STRONG>Even at this final stage of negotiations, Commission President von der
Leyen has the power to propose an alternative sustainable and greener
package.</STRONG> In her words, she has been a champion of climate action. But
now she needs to act - to ensure this agriculture deal doesn't destroy her good
intentions.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>Together with activists around Europe we can put pressure on the
Commission to stop the CAP. </STRONG>It will take a massive, joint effort of all
of us. It's not often that the Commission has pulled out from a deal. But if
there's one thing we've learnt over the last year it's that the impossible can
become possible overnight. Let’s stop this disastrous deal before it’s too
late!</BIG></P>
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<P><BIG><STRONG>It’s when we work together with movements and activists across
Europe that we bring about the biggest change. </STRONG>Together we helped bring
climate activists into the European Parliament for a die-in that sparked climate
action on EU level. Together over 4 years we fought against patents on plants
and animals -- and won. [4]<STRONG> Together we can move our leaders
again.</STRONG></BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Thank you,<BR>David (London), Annemarie (Berlin), Mika (Bordeaux) and
the entire WeMove Europe team</BIG></P>
<P><BIG></BIG> </P>
<P><BIG>PS: The agriculture deal forces farmers either to intensify their
farming in order to compete, or to quit farming. Many are giving up: between
2007 and 2013, three million farms disappeared in Europe. [5] We cannot keep
losing small farms in Europe. <A
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rel=nofollow><STRONG>Sign now.</STRONG></A></BIG></P>
<P><BIG></BIG> </P>
<P><SMALL>References:<BR>[1] The<STRONG> common agricultural policy</STRONG>,
known as <STRONG>CAP</STRONG>, pays subsidies to EU farmers. It’s a big deal. It
distributes 35% of the EU's budget.<BR>[2]
https:<SPAN>//euobserver</SPAN>.com/green-deal/150068<BR>[3]
https:<SPAN>//s3.eu-central-1</SPAN>.amazonaws<SPAN>.com</SPAN>/euobs-media/7aa83d256634f1bd5d1ec216481bb453.pdf<BR>[4]
https:<SPAN>//www.wemove</SPAN>.eu/big-win-patents?utm_source=civimail-34693&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20210115<BR>https:<SPAN>//www.wemove</SPAN>.eu/sites/<SPAN>wemove</SPAN>.eu/files/2019_wemoveeu_annual_report_eng.pdf?utm_source=civimail-34693&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20210115<BR>https:<SPAN>//www.facebook</SPAN>.com/watch/?v=534461327106848<BR>[5]
http:<SPAN>//www.srfood</SPAN>.org/images/stories/pdf/officialreports/20110308_a-hrc-16-49_agroecology_en.pdf</SMALL></P>
<P><SMALL><SPAN>Resources: <BR>EU misses 2020 biodiversity targets:
https:<SPAN>//www.eurogroupforanimals</SPAN>.org/news/eu-misses-2020-biodiversity-targets-long-shot-eea-report-shows</SPAN></SMALL></P>
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