Statement by the Reunionese Communist Party
PCR: Younous Omarjee and Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain must save sugar cane planters
This year’s sugar cane harvest on La Réunion Island will undoubtedly be one of the smallest in recent decades. It will be difficult to reach or even exceed 1.3 million tonnes. Is the continued operation of the 2 factories under threat?
The Reunionese Communist Party (PCR) notes that this downturn follows the abolition of the sugar quota and guaranteed price in 2017. This decision was taken in 2013 by a vote of EU agriculture ministers. The French representative followed this suicidal vote, (…)