The European Commission just dropped a
bombshell: it said Austria’s ban of glyphosate would be
“illegal”.
Austria was *so close* to banning glyphosate -- until
Bayer-Monsanto got wind of the plan. And then
Bayer's army of lobbyists got to work.
We’ve found a legal loophole that would still allow
Austria to ban glyphosate -- but we’ve got to be quick.
The Austrian government is under immense pressure from Monsanto
-- they will only act if we drown out the voices from the
lobbyists.
That’s why we’re planning to place an ad in Austria’s most
influential newspaper next week to publish our new poll that shows
that 84% of Austrians are sick of glyphosate and
support a ban this year.
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Luxembourg banned glyphosate this year, and offers financial
support to help farmers make the switch to safer, environmentally
friendly agriculture. So there’s a way for Austria to still go
glyphosate-free in 2020, if only there’s the political will.
Bayer-Monsanto's favourite pesticide, glyphosate, was almost
completely banned in Austria last year. Thousands of SumOfUs members
like you helped make that happen, despite Monsanto’s suffocating
influence in politics.
Every political party -- except the chancellor’s
conservative ÖVP -- supports a ban. We CAN win
this. But to make sure the chancellor doesn’t quietly quit banning
glyphosate, we need to make his choice visible to as many Austrians
as possible.
Next month people living in Vienna will go to the polls for the
capital’s municipal and district elections. I can’t imagine ÖVP
candidates will want to explain why Luxembourg can go
glyphosate-free, but the Austrian government supposedly can’t.
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From Austria to California, you’ve led the charge to stop toxic
glyphosate. You’re wiping it out of our fields, grocery
stores, and off our plates.
SumOfUs members like you funded professional polling we
commissioned earlier this year, that shows 4 out of 5
Austrians want glyphosate banned this year. Let’s remind
Austria’s chancellor of that fact, and that if Luxembourg can ban
glyphosate, then so can he.
