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Greece votes – future in euro in doubt
(Reuters) Greece votes on Sunday on whether to accept more austerity in exchange for international aid, in a high-stakes referendum likely to determine whether it leaves the euro-currency area after seven years of economic pain.
Staged against a backdrop of shuttered banks and threats of financial apocalypse, the vote is too close to call and may not produce the clear mandate for negotiations that Athens’ creditors seek.
Greeks are split on whether to accept an offer by creditors that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras calls a “humiliation” and is urging people to reject. Investors and European policymakers say a rejection would set Greece on a path out of the euro, destabilizing the global economy and financial markets.
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Friday, June 12, 2015
Pope Francis and UN agency discuss sustainable future of agriculture
11 June 2015 — Addressing over a hundred delegates attending a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) conference in Rome, Pope Francis today urged Member States to work toward combatting food waste, reducing the volatility of food prices, and creating a sense of global solidarity to ensure food security for all people.
“If all Member States work for one another, consensus for action by FAO will not be late in arriving and, moreover, FAO”s original role will be rediscovered,” the Pope declared during a special audience at the Vatican, as he cited the agency”s Latin logo, “fiat panis,” or “let there be bread.”
“Volatile food prices prevent the poor from planning ahead, from being able to count on getting even a minimum level of nutrition,” the Pontiff continued. “Let us seek another path.”
In a separate meeting with FAO Director-General Jos” Graziano da Silva, Pope Francis underscored the importance of the UN agency”s ongoing efforts to decentralize “so as to be in the midst of the rural world, in order to understand the needs of the people the Organization is here to serve.”
The Pontiff, however, also drew attention to the dangers of market influences and speculation on agriculture, voicing concern over large scale acquisitions of agricultural land by transnational companies and governments which, he said, “not only deprives farmers of an essential good [but also] affects the sovereignty of nations.”
He expressed the same tone of concern when discussing the state of food waste around the world, urging consumers to “decisively commit” to modified lifestyles and sustainable living.
“Sobriety is not in opposition to development, indeed it is now clear that the one is a necessary condition for the other,” he said.
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