Co-existence according to the European Commission, unimpressed by massive criticism of Environment ministers at their last meeting, is just an issue of keeping GM-contamination below an arbitrary threshold of 0,9%. Any national or regional measures to protect non-GM farming beyond this legally and practically flawed concept will be threatened with legal action. In a remarkably ignorant press release and report Agricultural Commissioner Marianne Fischer-Boel announced that no EU measure were necessary to ensure co-existence of GM and non-GM crops.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8G8PV282.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_down&chan=db">Businessweek: EU threatens action on modified crop bans</a></p><p><a href="http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/293&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en">EU Commission Press Release</a></p><p><a href="http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/coexistence/index_en.htm">EU web-site on co-existence</a></p><p><a href="http://www.foeeurope.org/press/2006/HH_10_March_commission.htm">FOE: European Commission: contaminate, then legislate</a></p><p><a href="http://eu.greenpeace.org/downloads/gmo/CoexCommunicationPR060310.pdf">Greenpeace: Commission launches attack on national and regional GMO laws</a></p><p><a href="http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35598/story.htm">Reuters: Greens Slam EU Commission`s Views on GMO Crop Law</a>