securing new attempt by the Commission provide clear rejection
"The project of European Commission, Austria to repeal the ban on the two growing GM maize varieties MON810 and forcing T25 from Monsanto and Bayer, must be resolutely opposed, "says the Agriculture spokesman for the Greens Wolfgang Pirklhuber.
" It is to offer not on ignorance of how the Commission on the wishes of the citizens, on critical expert opinions and unanimous parliamentary decisions ignores. With a slice of tactics it first lifted the Austrian import and sale ban on the two genetic constructs, and now she wants to allow as agent for the genetic engineering companies to the installation and the Austrian fields contaminate, "said Pirklhuber shows stunned.
Pirklhuber calls on Minister of the Environment Berlakovich to look for now the cooperation with other European environment ministers, and to find a clear majority to prevent this planned attack on the Genetic Engineering of the Austrian agriculture.
"The cultivation of GM varieties in Austria would be catastrophic for the small-scale agriculture, organic farming and quality standards in Austria," said Pirklhuber. The Greens, who at the time, to accept the support of all other groups, the cultivation bans, announce massive resistance.
was "Before the summer break in the Austrian Parliament passed a unanimous resolution, in which all the groups for a GM-free agriculture and food production in Austria say. will now be prevented from joining forces, the cultivation of GM varieties in Austria is possible, "said Pirklhuber
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