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</style><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Building
a European Movement for Food Sovereignty<br><br></span></b>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://www.iatp.org/">IATP</a>'s
Alexandra Strickner is blogging from the <a href="http://www.fse-esf.org/">fifth
European Social Forum</a> taking place in Malmö, Sweden, from September 17-21.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">@ <a href="http://iatp.typepad.com/thinkforward/2008/09/building-a-euro.html">http://iatp.typepad.com/thinkforward/2008/09/building-a-euro.html</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Given the current social and
ecological crisis facing the food system in Europe and elsewhere, the Assembly
on Food Sovereignty held during the <a href="http://www.fse-esf.org/">5<sup>th</sup>
European Social Forum</a> in Malmö decided to work together to build a European
movement for food sovereignty. Participants to the assembly included the <a href="http://www.cpefarmers.org/w3/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=2">European
Coordination Via Campesina</a>, <a href="http://www.foeeurope.org/">Friends of
the Earth Europe</a>, <a href="http://www.attac.org/spip.php?rubrique1">Attac</a>
groups from different European countries, civil society groups working on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_organisms">genetically
modified organisms</a> and for a moratorium on agrofuels, <a href="http://redfal.org/">Red FAL</a> (a network of local communities working
toward sustainable local food economies) and consumer groups. The participants
of the assembly concluded that in order to move toward food sovereignty in
Europe, the development and construction of a socially and ecologically
sustainable food system is needed. In addition, key European policies
regulating the food system and agricultural production must be strengthened and
reformed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The focus on reforming policy may
spur a renewed debate on the <a href="http://www.iatp.org/iatp/publications.cfm?refid=100145">Common
Agriculture Policy</a> (CAP). To date, only a few groups have engaged in the
discussion and shaping of the CAP, and overall, the work around food and
agriculture policies has been rather fragmented in Europe. This network will
hopefully develop strong joint campaigns and collaboration toward reforming the
food and agriculture system in Europe. <br style="">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Several concrete first steps have
been agreed upon by the participants of the assembly for work in 2009:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">-</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Developing
communication tools that support European collaboration on food sovereignty;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">-</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Making
April 17 a European-wide day of action for Food Sovereignty in Europe;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">-</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Ensuring
a strong presence (and visibility) at the Anti-G8 mobilization in Italy (early
summer) and the climate justice mobilizations in Copenhagen (December); and </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">-</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Jointly
organizing a European Forum for Food Sovereignty in late 2009 or early 2010. </span></p>
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