Austerity violated Greeks' right to food, new report concludes

Creditor-imposed austerity led to increased rural poverty and food insecurity in Greece and violated people's right to food, the Transnational Institute (TNI), an international research and advocacy body based in Amsterdam, has concluded, 10 years after the country signed its first bailout deal.

"In August 2018, the European Council celebrated the end of the third Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), praising the Greeks' efforts and European solidarity. Yet, as this report shows, there is little to celebrate," say the authors of "Democracy not for sale: The struggle for food sovereignty in the age of austerity in Greece," which was published on Monday. "Not only did austerity measures increase poverty and food insecurity, it further consolidated an agri-food business regime that will perpetuate inequalities in access to and control over food."

In the report, TNI found...