Big Mac Attack.Farmers in Europe say they are victims of U.S. food imperialism imperialism, broadly, the extension of rule or influence by one government, nation, or society over another. Early Empires Evidence of the existence of empires dates back to the dawn of written history in Egypt and in Mesopotamia, where local . The bad guy? Ronald McDonald, as well as other U.S. fast-food chains. In France, angry farmers dumped fruit and vegetables on McDonald's outlets, including the one above, in Southern France Southern France (or the South of France), colloquially known as Le Midi, is a loosely defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Gironde, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea, Italy, and Switzerland south of the . French farmer Jose Bove, one of a group of protesters who ransacked ran·sack tr.v. ran·sacked, ran·sack·ing, ran·sacks 1. To search or examine thoroughly. 2. To search carefully for plunder; pillage. a McDonald's in Millau, France, is being hailed as the Robin Hood Robin Hood, legendary hero of 12th-century England who robbed the rich to help the poor. Chivalrous, manly, fair, and always ready for a joke, Robin Hood reflected many of the ideals of the English yeoman. of French agriculture. "I'm a hostage to global commercialization," says Bove from his jail cell in Montpellier. The trans-Atlantic food fight broke out when Europe refused to import hormone-fed U.S. beef because of health concerns. The U.S. retaliated by slapping stiff tariffs on cheese, a major French export. RELATED ARTICLE: McWorld Number of countries with McDonald's 1966: 1 1976: 21 1986: 45 1998: 110 1999: 116 |
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