Oh wait...we do zat already, anyway..."
And if zat doesn't work, then we shall blow our noses at you, so-called Arthur-king, you and all your silly English kaniggets! Thppppt!!!
Posted on 04/21/2005 12:45:19 PM PDT by lizol
Southern French wine growers turn violent Big News Network Thursday 21st April, 2005 (UPI)
Wine growers in southern France, hit by falling consumption, competition from other nations and lots of production from northern France, are turning violent.
A demonstration which began peacefully in Narbonne by some 10,000 growers seeking more help from Paris and Brussels erupted into a clash with police, the Independent reported Thursday.
Some 50 young wine growers plus a handful of anarchists threw Molotov cocktails, stones and flares at riot police Wednesday.
The demonstrators were angry that, having cut their production, growers in northern regions boosted theirs, thus reducing wine prices across France. They also demanded a one-year moratorium on property taxes and social charges plus more aid, specifically for southerners.
Wine growers from southern France also want the European Union to double the amount of French wine it buys each year. The EU buys hundreds of millions of gallon of wine yearly for use in industry, thus helping prop up the price of wine.
Other factors hurting southern French wine makers are declining domestic consumption and competition from other nations' wine growers.
Oh wait...we do zat already, anyway..."
And if zat doesn't work, then we shall blow our noses at you, so-called Arthur-king, you and all your silly English kaniggets! Thppppt!!!
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