French parliamentarians passed an amendment in committee that aims to ban publicity campaigns for "Black Friday", Euronews reported.
The amendment to France's "anti-waste law" condemns overconsumption and critiques the shopping day's "disastrous environmental record".
"'Black Friday' is a vast glory operation of consumerism imported from the United States in 2013," the amendment's summary reads, adding that it's "based on the advertising value of overconsumption".
In the United States, Black Friday is the name for the Friday following Thanksgiving Day and is seen as the start of the holiday shopping season. Stores often give large discounts and this advert campaign has since spread globally.
But there are two periods of sales annually in France which are designated by the law for six weeks in winter and in summer.
The amendment states that the publicity for "Black Friday" makes it seem like the consumer "benefits from a price reduction comparable to the sales defined by [the law]" when they actually don't.
Matthieu Orphelin, a French MP in the National Assembly, tweeted that the amendment had been adopted by a "large majorit...
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