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[–] nouben@lemmy.ml 139 points 3 days ago (2 children)

On france, we currently have one with 2.1M signatures, gov still said nope (petition against reintroduction of dangerous pesticide, backed by sciencists community)

[–] meliaesc@lemmy.world 85 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Don't you guys have a more effective way of convincing the government?

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 44 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Milk poured all over the streets of Paris worked well for the dairy farmers to the best of my knowledge. Imagine the fucking smell two days later.

The French are first class protesters.

[–] bob_lemon@feddit.org 29 points 3 days ago

The problem being that the farmers are usually protesting for pesticide.

[–] Birch@sh.itjust.works 57 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yellow vests, Citroëns on fire, Guillotines

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 22 points 3 days ago

Citroëns on fire

A fine tradition

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There is no legal binding whatsoever?

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It compells the government to talk about it.
That's it.

"so what shall we do about that petition then?"
"tell them to shove it?"
"great ! Good work everyone, let's have lunch."