NEW BRUSSELS TEAM MULLS COMPROMISE OVER GM CULTIVATION
March 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE NEW European Commission leadership is preparing a compromise on cultivating genetically modified foodstuffs in the European Union (EU) that might end Brussels' years-long political standoff with anti-GM member states. Some national governments, such as Austria, have long opposed cultivating GM crops in their countries, even if the EU has approved their production and use. This has sparked legal disputes between the Commission and EU Council of Ministers, and so yesterday (March 2), new health Commissioner John Dalli announced he would by ...
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