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Monsanto’s Syngenta Bid to Face Basel Protest by Swiss Activists
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Swiss environmental activists plan to demonstrate against Monsanto Co.’s bid for Syngenta AG this Saturday, highlighting how resistance from non-governmental groups could create political obstacles to a combination of the seeds and pesticides makers.
About 30 groups opposed to genetically-modified organisms, including Greenpeace, will assemble at 2 p.m. at the central Barfuesserplatz square in Basel, the Swiss city where Syngenta is based. The organizers expect about 400 demonstrators, Hans Schaeppi from the MultiWatch group said in an interview.