corona crisis you can find more information online d.w. dot com. hello and a warm welcome to focus on europe i will are glad you could join us french cuisine is famous the world over so you may be surprised to hear that it's at the heart of a cultural war living the good life in france includes cullen area delights such as meat and fish the food is so treasured that it was named a unesco world heritage in 2010. but

now a battle is raging over these a very foods by a group of vegans they want all animal products banned from food production they used radical methods against butchers restaurants and merchants to get their message across stephens to sue now has experienced their wrath firsthand he owns an organic what's your real paresis out going to market hall that's where the activists targeted his shop and attacked him. 6 o'clock in the morning at the sunken time markets stevens consumer is prepping a stall he's in again to butcher only handles meat from animals that are kept in accordance with economic standards he's having a hard time understanding the world. this summer his stand was attacked by a group of militant davids they poured red paint on his goods the beaconsfield the

attack putting the pictures on the internet. you know. when i looked up 15 or 20 people were standing there shouting their slogans for the animals where. it all went very fast. i went around the counter and a fight broke out. you know i broke a rib some of them couldn't work for a week and good feeling the attackers belong to an international association based in the french city of strasburg. there we met the sweetest student just for the stuff that. you just picked out. it's been proven that a vegan diet is sufficient for all age groups so why keep on slaughtering animals on ice it's not makes me sick. we live in a system in which people base their existence on that sonata for some work. every day 3000000 animals some notice in france. 21.

before all the stops and thinks the attack on butcher consumer style is absolutely justified the fact the consumer is an organic butcher and cares about the welfare of the animals is a relevant to him. according to radical vegans the french should also do with cheese because they say dairy industry is cruel to animals and will products should be banned as a matter of principle in the country of cuisine this causes some indignation. whether mussels from normandy or jumbo on the beyond many french delicacies are made from animal products french cuisine even has unesco's world cultural heritage protection. also people like restaurant owner florian p.r.t. could be targeted by the militant feedings but he's not afraid he could lose his customers. if you try to all those people

you've only got a fair bit of it they're not going to eat less meat. on the contrary. develop a counter-reaction and say to themselves this is annoying now i'm going to eat meat more than ever. to get on my own. never the less radical vegans are gaining ground in france they shake a purser's by which shark auctions hoping to make france a front runner in the fight against the consumption of animal products. but that. we may have fewer be considered in other countries like the ukraine or the us but i hope that ready correction comes from us here in france we don't need to be millions. we are forceful i don't know what actions we release animals from the stables and rescue them from slaughter. stevens consume is deeply shocked that he is a butcher was targeted by these activists. limited worship or was it my trade is my

entire life if a customer comes back and tells me that the meat was particularly good then i'm really happy it's great i'm at a loss for words but that but most of. the existence of butchers like assume it is completely irrelevant to activists just because starting in view of the suffering of animals he says the profession is trivial. limits professional set of morally unacceptable must disappear there are no more executioners either there were no longer needed and the profession does appear to. moderate and of all rights activists in france are suspicious of such radicalism get got here has been fighting for animal welfare for years she doesn't believe that violent action will be successful. when you throw stones at bugger shots it's suddenly all about whether you are allowed to eat meat or not. the question of how the animals are

actually treated is completely forgotten. basic knowledge we consume is closing stern since the attack on the shop he's grateful for every peaceful day when nothing bad happens. so we walk with me there's no way i'm giving up my job i started my apprenticeship at 14 now i'm 34 i do this with a passion and will continue doing so refer to the. consumer believes he owns the difference the land of gold may cause it. so what do you think should delicacy. and tar be banned i mean are your thoughts on twitter. soccer is nothing without fans words from a legendary scottish coach they are the heart of the game and can inspire players when the chips are down so what happens when a team is denied its fans it's a reality for the ahmed for soccer team from diyarbakir turkey a. small

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there are going to be more and more places where they can handle road critical problems we have to fix that from the whites who do that is to use the model and tonight a modification methods to make better crawl it is a lot safer than anything we've done by traditional internet is more the case that you take one to need you know exactly what it is you put it into without a plan to come out exactly where it's grown i think we will be able to provide you know food for people by 2050 if we can make crops who grow under 70 arid conditions this will achieve a much greater stability in the food supply that we have at the moment.

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