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03.03.2009 | permalink
EU upholds Austria, Hungary right to ban GM crops
Green groups, along with Germany’s Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel, were unimpressed with the Commission’s fruitless attempts to force Austria and Hungary to end their GMO bans. ”I cannot imagine that a US government would be so engaged for a European company if its citizens were that much concerned, as the Commission is engaged for an American company,” Gabriel told a news conference.
- Reuters, UK: EU upholds Austria, Hungary right to ban GM crops
- Der Spiegel, Germany: EU Commission fails in push for genetically modified corn
- The Financial Times, UK: Europe ban on modified maize upheld
- Agence France Presse, France: EU refuses to force members to farm GM maize
- Environment News Service, USA: EU Environment Ministers keep bans on transgenic maize
- Farmers Weekly, UK: National bans on GM crops can stay, say EU ministers