Five really bad genetically modified recipies from the European Commission's master chefs Jose Manuel Barroso and John Dalli. Learn how to make Angry Farmer Antipasti, Corporate Control Tart, Food Insecurity Tacos and so much more.
Brussels, Belgium — Greenpeace volunteers dressed as chefs to hand out hundreds of anti-GM spoof cookbooks to Commission staff in the EU quarter today. MEPs, permanent representatives for member states and Brussels journalists also received the...
Brussels, International — Reuters today published revelations from several European Commission sources confirming its plan to ease the GM authorisation process.
Brussels, International — European environment ministers will meet in Luxembourg this Thursday 11 June. Greenpeace will closely follow discussions on two agenda points in particular.
Brussels, International — The European Commission will announce today proposals to speed up the union’s genetically modified (GM) crop authorisation procedure. Member states are being promised the right to ban GM cultivation if they reduce their...
Brussels, Belgium — A genetically modified (GM) potato has been grown illegally in open fields in Sweden for months. Plant Science Sweden, the daughter company of German chemical giant BASF, appears to have mixed up seed and contaminated fields...
Brussels, International — Greenpeace applauded Luxembourg after it yesterday joined Hungary and Austria in their legal challenge over the authorisation of BASF’s genetically modified (GM) potato Amflora [1].
Brussels, International — Ministers are discussing a plan tabled by the Commission that it claims will allow EU member states to ban GM crops on their territory. But EU legal experts have questioned the legal strength of these bans, exposing the...
Brussels, International — A growing number of European countries are challenging the European Commission’s decision to authorise the cultivation of BASF’s antibiotic-resistance genetically modified (GM) potato, said Greenpeace. France and Poland...
Brussels, International — Less than seven months ago, Avaaz and Greenpeace started collecting signatures for an unprecedented EU-wide citizens’ initiative aimed at the European Commission and calling for a moratorium on GM crops until safety...
Brussels, International — European environment ministers meeting in Luxembourg today are expected to criticise attempts by the European Commission to fast-track GM crop approvals in exchange for a flawed right to ban crops at the national level,...
Greenpeace demands of the Hungarian EU Presidency 2011
Legal opinion on the European Citizens' Initiative from Prof. Dr. Ludwig Krämer
Brussels, Belgium — Today, Avaaz and Greenpeace delivered the first ever Citizens’ Initiative inspired by the Lisbon Treaty to Health Commissioner John Dalli. Since December 2009, the citizen’s right of initiative is enshrined in the Lisbon...
This morning, in the middle of Brussels at the EU Commission, over one million signatures calling for a moratorium on genetically modified (GM) crops were delivered by Avaaz and Greenpeace to the Commissioner of Health and Consumer...
The first ever European Citizens’ Initiative is handed over to John Dali - EU Commissioner of Health and Consumer Policy. Over a million signatures surround the 380-square-metre piece of 3D pavement art. Can you imagine how it...
The initiative calls on the Commission to ban genetically modified (GM) crops until a new independent, ethical, scientific body is established to assess their impact. The 1 million signatures were included in a 380-square-meter piece of 3D...
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