Monsanto has made a "quiet decision" already in 2011 to no longer promote GM crops in Europe, a story of Danish investigative journalists reveals. "We will not spend any more money to convince people to plant them," states Monsanto Europe's Brandon Mitchener in an interview published on youtube. He continued "The policy is we will sell it where people want it. If the farmers want it and if the government wants it and if there is a functioning, science based regulatory system." That was only the case in Spain and Portugal, where sales would continue. "We will be happy to bring it back to Europe at such time as the European public wants it". The announcement comes after Bayer, BASF and Syngenta had already made similar announcements and withdrew their GMO research from the EU last year.