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The demonstrations around agriculture follow one another in Berlin but are not alike. Friday, it was a collective of farmers who mobilized to denounce the environmental policy of the government but this Saturday, it was a collective of organizations favorable to an agriculture respectful of the environment which demonstrated in the German capital.
With our correspondent in Berlin, Pascal Thibault
They were 27,000 according to the organizers who expected 15,000 demonstrators. For the tenth time in a row, the environmental collective "On a en marre" which brings together some fifty organizations defends a change in the agricultural model in favor of small farms and against a model favoring industrial farms. Protesters defend better protection of soil, diversity and animal welfare.
" The use of all chemicals should be banned ," said a man at the RFI microphone. " I am here today so that Germany can finally put in place an agricultural policy that prepares the future so that we can all live in harmony with the environment and all farmers, " added a young woman.
As Germany takes over the presidency of the European Union in the second half of 2020, the demonstrators want to put Berlin under pressure to obtain a reform of the common agricultural policy which does not favor large farms but those which are the most respectful of the environment. 'environment.