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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago

Macron: "we are entering an unprecedented food crisis,

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Macron: "we are entering an unprecedented food crisis,

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago
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France urges food security crisis plan to avoid famine stoked by Ukraine war
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French President Emmanuel Macron has called for an urgent international food security plan to avert "famine" in vulnerable countries, notably in Africa, after the Russian war in Ukraine saw a sharp d…
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    Seems like Europe isn’t into the whole planning for the future thing. Both China and US have emergency stockpiles.

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      They were deliberately pushing market liberalisation and cutting natural gas stockpiles before - https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/the-evolving-role-of-gas-storage-in-europe/

      And in that 2019 article it’s hailed as a triumph of market liberalism…

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        genius

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      Isn’t that unrelated? the article is talking about famine in places that couldn’t afford the increased prices.

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        A lot of those places are going to be in Europe.

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          There’s going to be shortages for certain, but starvation? not in Europe

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          The EU doesn’t import a lot of grain, from the figures I could find. They’re largely self-sufficient.

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