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Draft EU law on new GMOs threatens legal rights of farmers, faces ECJ rejection
New legal analysis by Greenpeace has found the draft law by the European Commission on new GMOs could violate the individual rights of farmers, in particular their fundamental rights to property and the freedom to run a business.
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EU governments fail to agree Commission plan for new GMOs to escape safety testing
Agriculture ministers failed to reach a political agreement on a plan by the European Commission that would allow a new brand of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) produced with new genomic techniques (NGTs) to escape safety testing. The proposal would scrap most safety checks governing the release of GMOs, despite scientist warnings.
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Spanish EU presidency pushes ahead with controversial plan to allow new GMOs to escape safety testing
Greenpeace EU media briefing – December 2023
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New brand of GMOs would escape safety testing under EU Commission plan – briefing
A summary of how the European Commission's plans to deregulate new GMOs may affect the environment, farmers, consumers, retailers, governments and human health.
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EU must take its chance to ban harmful weed-killer, glyphosate
The EU should put health and environmental protection before the private interests of companies like Bayer, and ban glyphosate once and for all.
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EU Parliament backs landmark law to restore Europe’s nature
The European Parliament has voted in favour of legally binding targets to restore degraded natural areas in the EU.
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MEPs exempt super-polluting factory farms from regulation
In a blow to EU nature protection, MEPs have voted to exempt even the most polluting factory farms from regulation under the EU’s industrial emissions directive.
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EU food safety authority waves through glyphosate despite safety concerns
Greenpeace is calling on the EU to reject market re-approval for glyphosate, a controversial pesticide ingredient.
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GMO deregulation disregards safety and consumer rights, Greenpeace
The European Commission’s proposed deregulation of a new strand of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) disregards safety and consumer rights, Greenpeace has warned.
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Environment MEPs vote to cut livestock pollution
The European Parliament’s environment committee today voted to strengthen the EU’s industrial emissions rules by including the largest cattle farms for the first time.