Veggie burger debate makes us lose hope, French minister is a bit of a dope, and a big change of heart by the Pope.
“I think that a sausage should be a sausage,” said Danish MEP Pernille Weiss in the European Parliament on Tuesday.
I know I'm now beaten like a tough old tenderloin 🥴 But as a conservative vegetarian, I do not want to fool consumers and make them stupider than they are. The climate fight must be filled with truths and honest talk! #VeggieBurgerBan #eupol @EPPGroup @COPACOGECA pic.twitter.com/JRVccCnTRG
— Pernille Weiss (@WeissPernille) October 20, 2020
The contorted machinations of policy that led to this unremarkable statement beggar belief.
There’s a pandemic going on, climate change continues unabated and Brexit teeters on the brink, but the European Parliament is preparing to on vote on whether veggie burgers can still be called burgers or must be rebranded ‘veggie discs’ and veggie sausages as ‘veggie tubes’.
As the EU Parliament prepare on vote on whether veggie burgers 🍔 can still be called burgers or must be rebranded ‘veggie discs’ and veggie sausages as ‘veggie tubes’ etc
NOTE: The veggie burger was apparently first used in London, nearly 40 years ago by Gregory Sams
— Darren McCaffrey (@DarrenEuronews) October 20, 2020
Welcome to 2020!
Martini Seltzermayr was so moved he resorted to “poetry”
Veggie branding is in for a stoppage
As an idea of distinctly low wattage
Means it’s only a burger
If it involves murder –
And otherwise it’ll be not a sausage
Veggie branding is in for a stoppage
As an idea of distinctly low wattage
Means it’s only a burger
If it involves murder –
And otherwise it’ll be not a sausage #cecinestpasunsteak— 🎃 Vienna career opportunity 🎃 (@mseltzermayr) October 20, 2020
This burger argument is getting out of control, tweeted Jack Parrock. Showing this advert at Schuman metro station in Brussels: “Ceci n’est pas un burger.”
This burger argument is getting out of control. There’s adverts on the walls of schuman metro station in Brussels. pic.twitter.com/jBywvOXFlN
— Jack Parrock (@jackeparrock) October 20, 2020
Which is clever, I’ll admit, but it does still look an awful lot like a burger!
If the argument “customers are being deceived by the label veggie-burger” seriously wins in the EU-parliament, I’m going to lose my mind said one account,
if the argument "customers are being deceived by the label veggie-burger" seriously wins in the EU-parliament, I'm going to lose my mind. #cecinestpasunsteak
Dairy and Meat lobbyist are such special snowflakes.https://t.co/w7zeemwNRn
— Spooktor (@theseetor) October 20, 2020
While Ville Cantell channelled Bon Jovi saying it’s this kind of ridiculous stuff that gives the EU a bad name.
Hope this attempt by the meat industry lobby to turn the terms upside down gets voted down. #veggieburgerban #veggieban https://t.co/M9cjZasVxN
— Ville Cantell (@villecantell) October 21, 2020
Meanwhile in more food-related news…
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin told news channel BFMTV he is “shocked” by international food aisles in French supermarkets.
Gérald Darmanin: "Moi ça m'a toujours choqué de rentrer dans un hypermarché et de voir un rayon de telle cuisine communautaire" pic.twitter.com/X521fwVnuR
— BFMTV (@BFMTV) October 20, 2020
Apparently because they stoke separatism.
But Katy Lee says she now can’t stop thinking about him crying next to the soy sauce.
France's interior minister says he is shocked every time he sees an ethnic food aisle in a supermarket, and now I can't stop thinking about him crying next to the soy sauce https://t.co/fCmBjnr7bU
— Katy Lee (@kjalee) October 21, 2020
That overpriced bottle of HP sauce in the ethnic food aisle of Franprix is a threat to the Fifth Republic, joked Damon Wake
That overpriced bottle of HP sauce in the ethnic food aisle of Franprix is a threat to the Fifth Republic https://t.co/lhRCP4Molv
— Damon Wake (@damonwake) October 21, 2020
Could you leave my hummus out of all this? Begged Ian Brossat
Veux-tu bien laisser mon houmous en dehors de tout ça ? Merci. https://t.co/NJAWeRJ5Me
— Ian Brossat (@IanBrossat) October 21, 2020
And in Le Chou headlines: French Interior Minister Seen Fighting Taco In Supermarket Aisle
French Interior Minister Seen Fighting Taco In Supermarket Aisle pic.twitter.com/hZaesmR8Iy
— Le Chou (@LeChouNews) October 21, 2020
Finally this week, Pope Francis called for civil union laws for same-sex couples, in a break with church doctrine on Wednesday.
Pope Francis calls for civil union laws for same-sex couples, in a break with church doctrine. https://t.co/Iu45cNL51y
— Jeanne Whalen (@JeanneWhalen) October 21, 2020
Pope Francis’ opening to homosexuality is one of the most historical changes I’ve witnessed in my life, said Alberto Alemanno
Pope Francis’ opening to homosexuality is one of the most historical changes I’ve witnessed in my life.
“Homosexual people have the right to be in a family. They are children of God”.
Amen 🙏 #LGBTQ #PopeFrancis https://t.co/u9k3DNrFuv
— Alberto Alemanno (@alemannoEU) October 21, 2020
Tweet of God pointed out that in the Bible Jesus specifically says absolutely nothing against homosexuality.
How can the Pope come out in support of same-sex unions when in the Bible Jesus specifically says absolutely nothing against it?!?
— God (@TheTweetOfGod) October 21, 2020
The pope is more progressive than half a dozen EU countries added Diego Velazque
The pope is more progressive than half a dozen EU countries 😨
— diego velazquez (@diego_bxl) October 21, 2020
And MEP Assistants reckon *Poland and Hungary have left the chat*
*Christian root-obssessed Poland and Hungary left the chat* https://t.co/r2xJjJ56xQ
— mepassistant (@mepassistants) October 21, 2020
Join me again next Friday for more highlights and food fights from the Brussels Bubble Twittersphere.