Yeah, I was thinking along similar lines, but maybe just a mandatory country of origin flag next to the price. However the downside of that is that some of our food is already picked one country and then transported to another for processing, then transported to another for packaging. So my idea is unrealistic. However I like your “this is picked, processed and packaged in Europe only” type of labeling. Sadly I’m sure that all of the big food producers would be against it and they have a lot of money to lobby the government to prevent this.
I just know that the main supermarkets in my country are actively lobbying the government and suing the competition to squash them. But hey, if we don’t try we lose by default.
Ugh, this is exactly why we should abolish CEOs and require all former bosses to work the lowest paid job of their company for two years. Or they pay all people earning less than them the same wage (or more than them), and decline bonuses. And also don’t donate to politicians, direct or indirect.
In return, former bosses who adhere to this, and snitch on other CEOs, get extra help.
Yeah, I was thinking along similar lines, but maybe just a mandatory country of origin flag next to the price. However the downside of that is that some of our food is already picked one country and then transported to another for processing, then transported to another for packaging. So my idea is unrealistic. However I like your “this is picked, processed and packaged in Europe only” type of labeling. Sadly I’m sure that all of the big food producers would be against it and they have a lot of money to lobby the government to prevent this.
An alternate would be new stores that only do European.
I’d foresee a lot of potential with that, honestly. Stores that explicitly advocate themselves as having 100% European products, and can back it up.
Eurofederalists would be happy because it gives the EU a stronger footing.
Nationalists would be happy because it means their own country, or at least Europe, is largely represented.
Ecologists would be happy because it’d mean less waste generally, in terms of transport.
And so on…
I just know that the main supermarkets in my country are actively lobbying the government and suing the competition to squash them. But hey, if we don’t try we lose by default.
Ugh, this is exactly why we should abolish CEOs and require all former bosses to work the lowest paid job of their company for two years. Or they pay all people earning less than them the same wage (or more than them), and decline bonuses. And also don’t donate to politicians, direct or indirect.
In return, former bosses who adhere to this, and snitch on other CEOs, get extra help.