Germany Pushes GMO Ban Before 2015 Harvest
The BRICS nations are lining up to fight biotech in their plot to take over the world’s food supply. China has increasingly been refusing US GM corn exports, Russia is now fining businesses that sell GMO food products, and now Germany
is requesting that the European Commission allow individual EU
countries to ban the cultivation of genetically modified crops before
the 2015 harvest.
is requesting that the European Commission allow individual EU
countries to ban the cultivation of genetically modified crops before
the 2015 harvest.
The German Farm Minister, Christian Schmidt,
is getting pressure from German activists who state that
‘social-economic’ reasons should be taken into consideration to allow EU
nations to ban GM crops outright. Schmidt told attendees at
a joint press conference held in Berlin, which he attended with the new
EU agricultural commissioner, Phil Hogan, that large part of Germany’s
population is opposed to GM foods.
is getting pressure from German activists who state that
‘social-economic’ reasons should be taken into consideration to allow EU
nations to ban GM crops outright. Schmidt told attendees at
a joint press conference held in Berlin, which he attended with the new
EU agricultural commissioner, Phil Hogan, that large part of Germany’s
population is opposed to GM foods.
He supported an EU initiative this past
summer which gave 12 member states the freedom to ban GM from being
cultivated. Even if the EU-bloc approved GM, member states could still
individually refuse to grow them.
summer which gave 12 member states the freedom to ban GM from being
cultivated. Even if the EU-bloc approved GM, member states could still
individually refuse to grow them.
The European Parliament also approved plans
for national GM bans this past November, but no final ruling has yet
taken place. The EU, in the meantime, is set to approve Dupont and Dow
Chemical’s latest GMO maize 1507, unless of course Germany’s plea is
taken to heart.
for national GM bans this past November, but no final ruling has yet
taken place. The EU, in the meantime, is set to approve Dupont and Dow
Chemical’s latest GMO maize 1507, unless of course Germany’s plea is
taken to heart.
Schmidt remarked that a final decision on national bans was needed in order to halt GM planting for 2015’s harvest:
“That means 1507 should not make it to the sowing, certainly not in Germany.”
