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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10362
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/agriculture

Plant patent petition handed over

Brussels, 19/04/2011 (Agence Europe) - A petition with more than 58,000 signatures was handed over at the European Parliament on Monday 18 April after a demonstration in Brussels to protest against the European Commission's alleged intention to give multinational companies a monopoly on seeds.

A multi-coloured procession of some 100 demonstrators, some disguised as bees and others as horticulturalists, paraded outside the European Parliament carrying placards which read “Free our...

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