Accents of Europe

Finland aims for food self-sufficiency

Audio 7:30 p.m.

Aerial view of an agricultural field near a forest in southern Finland.

(Illustrative image) © Getty Images - Miemo Penttinen - miemo.net

By: Juliette Rengeval Follow

2 mins

With the war in Ukraine, we are talking again about food shortages and food sovereignty.

In Finland, a country bordering Russia, we are very aware of the problem.

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Finland , on NATO's

doorstep

, has only 7% agricultural land, one of the lowest shares in the OECD, and is home to the most northerly farms in the world.

For several years, the Finns have been developing solutions to limit their vulnerability.

They have also achieved food self-sufficiency for meat and cereals.

A report by

Frédéric Faux.

Soaring rental prices in Poland 

In Poland, it is becoming more and more difficult to find accommodation to rent.

With the war in Ukraine and the arrival of many refugees, the population increased by 15%.

An influx that has caused the price of rents to soar in an already limited real estate market.

In

Warsaw

, the details of

Sarah Bakaloglou.

A self-managed squat by asylum seekers in Marseille

In

France

, how to deal with the lack of housing for asylum seekers who are waiting to find out more about their future?

In theory, the law provides for them either places in CADA, reception centers for asylum seekers, or an allowance of 7.40 euros per day.

But in reality, there is no room, and the proposed allowance is insufficient for housing.

In Marseille, to deal with this problem, the association of users of the PADA, entirely composed of refugees and asylum seekers, organized a self-managed squat by the applicants themselves.

Yoram Melloul.

Citizenship reform underway in Italy

In

Italy

, hundreds of thousands of immigrant children are not entitled to Italian citizenship.

The subject is debated in Rome: a reform of citizenship has been at the heart of lively discussions in Parliament for two months.

The details of

Blandine Hugonnet.

Music, with

Vincent Théval

Alina Pash

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

(Ukraine).

(Rebroadcast May 13, 2022)

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