France: Deputies request vegetarian canteen in Parliament

5 July 2010

Paris - Four deputies of the majority and the opposition request one vegetarian day per week in the restaurants of the National Assembly, or at least a vegetarian menu.

In their letter to the President of the National Assembly, Yves Cochet (Green), Geneviève Gaillard et Gérard Bapt (PS) and François Grosdidier (UMP) ask Bernard Accoyer to lead the way by launching a meatless day per week as soon as possible.

In May these deputies had already voiced their concern about excessive meat over-consumption and its impact on health and the environment, thus endorsing the campaigns by the ex-Beatle Paul Mc Cartney and the chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Rajendra Pachauri.

Source: Des députés réclament une cantine végétarienne à l'Assemblée

Link: 25 May - French National Assembly presented with veg solution


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