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Greenpeace comment on the European Parliament vote on the authorisation of three GM maize varieties

Greenpeace comment on the European Parliament vote on the authorisation of three GM...

Press release | October 6, 2016 at 11:25

Brussels – Commenting on the vote cast by the European Parliament today about the Commission’s proposal to authorise three GM maize varieties for cultivation in Europe, Greenpeace EU food policy director Franziska Achterberg said:

Parliament rejects ‘unlawful’ proposal to import pesticide-resistant GM maize to the EU

Parliament rejects ‘unlawful’ proposal to import pesticide-resistant GM maize to the EU

Press release | December 16, 2015 at 13:14

Brussels - Today, the European Parliament dealt another blow to the Commission over GM crops, objecting to the import of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready™ Liberty Link™ GM maize into the EU [1]. The Parliament said the decision to authorise the import of...

Food Security and Climate Change: The Answer is Biodiversity

Food Security and Climate Change: The Answer is Biodiversity

Publication | December 19, 2008 at 0:00

Climate change will profoundly affect agriculture worldwide. Food security in many countries is under threat from unpredictable changes in rainfall and more frequent extreme weather. Farmers in poorer countries with harsh climate conditions will...

Briefing on the European Citizens' Initiative

Briefing on the European Citizens' Initiative

Publication | March 27, 2012 at 8:00

A concise two page briefing on the European Citizens' Initiative.

New genetically modified potato casts shadow on traditional fries and crisps

New genetically modified potato casts shadow on traditional fries and crisps

Press release | November 1, 2011 at 12:57

German chemical company BASF yesterday requested EU approval to grow GM potato Fortuna on a commercial scale and market it for human consumption and animal feed.

Barroso Commission authorises controversial GMO potato

Barroso Commission authorises controversial GMO potato

Press release | March 2, 2010 at 0:00

Brussels, Belgium — In one of its first decisions since taking office, the European Commission has today authorised the cultivation of a genetically modified (GM) crop for the first time since 1998. Health Commissioner Dalli, in agreement with...

GE - Risk Underestimated

GE - Risk Underestimated

Publication | January 1, 1999 at 0:00

Greenpeace has collaborated with the Institute of Applied Ecology in Freiburg (Germany) and Blaueninstitut in Basel (Switzerland) in a project in which various leading scientists genetically modified plants have been interviewed about their...

Cooking up a GM disaster on the streets of Brussels

Cooking up a GM disaster on the streets of Brussels

Press release | April 28, 2010 at 0:00

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...

First European Citizens’ Initiative delivered to Commissioner Dalli

First European Citizens’ Initiative delivered to Commissioner Dalli

Press release | December 9, 2010 at 0:00

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...

Half-baked compromise on GM law rejected by EU environment ministers

Half-baked compromise on GM law rejected by EU environment ministers

Press release | March 9, 2012 at 17:10

EU environment ministers have today rejected a compromise, coined by the Danish presidency, on a new law setting out how countries could ban genetically modified (GM) crops from being grown in their territories.

Why GM crops whose EU authorisation is pending have to be re-assessed by EFSA

Publication | June 11, 2011 at 16:54

This briefing explains why the genetically modified (GM) crops Bt11, 1507, MON810 and NK603, pending for authorisation to be cultivated in Europe, have to be sent back to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for a rigorous completion of...

Greenpeace comment - EU denies GM freeze

Press release | January 22, 2013 at 21:00

Brussels – Media reports have quoted a Commission spokesperson declaring that EU approvals of new GM crops are unlikely soon [1], but denying that the authorisation process was frozen [2].

EU farmers ditch GM crops

Press release | February 22, 2011 at 11:54

Brussels, International — Industry data released on Tuesday is expected to confirm that farmers are abandoning GM crops in Europe, following a trend of increasing public rejection in the EU, said Greenpeace. The International Service for the...

Legal opinion on European Citizens' Initiative Dec 2010

Publication | December 9, 2010 at 0:00

Legal opinion on the European Citizens' Initiative from Prof. Dr. Ludwig Krämer

Facts and figures about GMOs - 2010

Publication | March 1, 2009 at 0:00

This fact sheet looks beyond the facts and figures presented every year by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA), an organisation funded by the genetic engineering industry.

Facts and figures about GMOs

Publication | May 7, 2008 at 0:00

This fact sheet looks beyond the facts and figures presented every year by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA), an organisation funded by the genetic engineering industry.

Letter to EU Commissioners on cultivation of 2 new GM maize varieties in the EU...

Publication | November 23, 2007 at 0:00

The Lost Markets of Genetic Engineering

Publication | April 3, 2001 at 0:00

Digest prepared by Greenpeace

Europe's food agency accused of junk science

Press release | July 29, 2009 at 0:00

An opinion by Europe’s food agency advocating the safety of the only genetically modified (GM) crop grown in Europe is fundamentally flawed, according to a Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth Europe report. The report will form the basis of a...

Germany to ban cultivation of genetically modified maize

Press release | April 14, 2009 at 16:32

Brussels, Belgium — Germany is expected to become the sixth EU country to ban the cultivation of Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) maize MON810 following today’s announcement by the German Federal Agriculture Minister.

Luxembourg to become fifth EU country to ban Monsanto GM maize

Press release | March 23, 2009 at 12:29

Brussels, Belgium — Luxembourg is expected to join Austria, France, Greece and Hungary in banning the use and sale of a genetically modified (GM) maize developed by US chemical company Monsanto.

Greenpeace calls on Commission to shut down EFSA GMO panel

Press release | October 31, 2008 at 0:00

Brussels, Belgium — The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) should be banned from issuing opinions on genetically modified crops until it is able to assess the long-term impact of GM technology on health and the environment, said Greenpeace...

Legal briefing on BASF GM potato

Publication | February 15, 2008 at 9:08

Legal opinion by Paul Lasok QC on the legal inconsistencies concerning the possible authorisation of the BASF GM potato

11% decline in cultivation of GM crops in Europe in 2009

Press release | February 19, 2010 at 0:00

Amsterdam, Netherlands — Next week, the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA), a biotech industry-funded body, will publish its annual report including figures on the acreage of land planted with GM crops.

Greenpeace dismisses WTO ruling and predicts Europe will stay closed to GMOs

Press release | February 7, 2006 at 0:00

Brussels/Geneva, International — Greenpeace tonight dismissed as irrelevant a WTO ruling that reportedly backs the US, Canada and Argentina in their efforts to force Europe to accept genetically modified organisms (GMOs); according to first...

Right to remain GMO-free overrides WTO ruling

Press release | May 10, 2006 at 0:00

Brussels, International — Greenpeace has called the World Trade Organisation (WTO) unqualified to deal with issues concerning genetically engineered (GE) organisms and was dismissive of its final ruling, due to be released today, on a...

European Parliament strengthens draft law to ban GM crops

European Parliament strengthens draft law to ban GM crops

Press release | July 5, 2011 at 13:28

Brussels, 5 July 2011 – The European Parliament today voted to strengthen a draft EU law giving member states a new right to ban genetically modified (GM) crops from being grown in their territories.

The dangers of genetically engineered plants: uncontrolled dispersal and unplanned side effects.

The dangers of genetically engineered plants: uncontrolled dispersal and unplanned...

Publication | October 1, 2002 at 0:00

Policy Paper on the dangers of genetically engineered plants - Uncontrolled dispersal and unplanned side effects.

Bt 11 Maize - C/F/96.05.10 NOTIFICATION FOR CULTIVATION

Bt 11 Maize - C/F/96.05.10 NOTIFICATION FOR CULTIVATION

Publication | September 1, 2005 at 0:00

On 20 May 2005 European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) delivered a positive opinion on Syngenta’s application for insectresistant genetically modified (GM) maize Bt11. The notifier claims that Bt11 will not be marketed for its herbicide tolerance,...

ECI rules agreed. Now it’s time to address first ever citizens’ initiative on GMOs

ECI rules agreed. Now it’s time to address first ever citizens’ initiative on GMOs

Press release | December 15, 2010 at 0:00

Brussels, International — The European Parliament will today endorse a draft regulation on the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) following a three-way agreement reached between the European Commission, Parliament and Council on 6 December. The...

Over a million Europeans call for GM crop freeze

Over a million Europeans call for GM crop freeze

Press release | October 6, 2010 at 0:00

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...

Commission plans to relax rules on GM crops in Europe

Commission plans to relax rules on GM crops in Europe

Press release | July 13, 2010 at 0:00

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...

Commission plan to ease GM authorisation - Greenpeace reaction

Commission plan to ease GM authorisation - Greenpeace reaction

Press release | June 4, 2010 at 0:00

Brussels, International — Reuters today published revelations from several European Commission sources confirming its plan to ease the GM authorisation process.

GMO Billboard Campaign launched

GMO Billboard Campaign launched

Press release | April 20, 2010 at 0:00

Brussels, Belgium — Greenpeace has responded to the European Commission’s controversial decision to authorise the Amflora genetically modified (GM) potato with a billboard campaign across Brussels.

Une alimentation sûre, c'est sans OGM!

Une alimentation sûre, c'est sans OGM!

Press release | November 24, 2008 at 0:00

Brussels, Belgium — Des volontaires de Greenpeace ont escaladé tôt ce matin le bâtiment au cœur du quartier européen, pour déployer une immense banderole d'un maïs génétiquement modifié. L'action de Greenpeace coïncide avec la dernière réunion...

Stop GM crops, save our food!

Stop GM crops, save our food!

Press release | November 24, 2008 at 0:00

Brussels, Belgium — In an a-maize-ing feat at the heart of the EU quarter in Brussels this morning, Greenpeace activists climbed a building on Schuman square to display a giant banner of a ‘scary’ genetically modified (GM) corn plant bearing the...

Protégez l’agriculture et agissez contre les cultures OGM !

Protégez l’agriculture et agissez contre les cultures OGM !

Press release | October 20, 2008 at 0:00

Luxembourg, Brussels, Belgium — L’Union Européenne souffre d’une Monsantosis aiguë, provoquée par une approche laxiste et non – scientifique relative aux organismes génétiquement modifiés (OGM). Greenpeace a mis en garde les ministres de...

Protect agriculture and stand up against GM crops

Protect agriculture and stand up against GM crops

Press release | October 20, 2008 at 0:00

Luxembourg, Brussels, Belgium — The EU is suffering from a debilitating bout of Monsantosis, caused by its lax and unscientific approach to genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Greenpeace warned EU environment ministers meeting in Luxembourg...

Amflora background briefing

Publication | March 2, 2010 at 16:50

Nine page briefing

Forget condoms – eat GM maize

Press release | November 11, 2008 at 0:00

Brussels, Belgium — A study published today by the Austrian government identified serious health threats of genetically modified (GM) crops. In one of the very few long-term feeding studies ever conducted with GM crops, the fertility of mice...

Flaws in the EU authorisation process for GMOs

Publication | May 7, 2008 at 0:00

There exists a fundamental problem in the process by which GMOs are assessed for safety and authorisation in Europe. Scientific opinions provided by a single organisation, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), are translated into...

GM crops: too many risks to ignore

Publication | September 30, 2008 at 0:00

The environmental risk assessment currently performed in the EU is inappropriate, as it is not capable of assessing the risks associated with GM plants (see Greenpeace environmental risk assessment reform briefing).

Text of draft Polish Law on Genetically Modified Organisms

Publication | August 28, 2007 at 0:00

Comments on Polish draft Law on Genetically Modified Organisms

Publication | August 28, 2007 at 0:00

Comments on the European Commission’s notification pursuant to Article 95, paragraph 5 of the EC Treaty, concerning the Polish draft Act on Genetically Modified Organisms.

New peer-reviewed evaluation of Monsanto's data shows MON863 should not have been...

Publication | March 13, 2007 at 0:00

MON863 is a genetically engineered (GE) insect resistant maize (corn) that expresses a Bt-toxin (Cry3Bb1). This toxin, which stems from a micro-organism (Bacillus thuringiensis), is meant to protect the maize against the corn rootworm pest.

France and Poland join challenge against Commission decision to authorise...

Press release | October 1, 2010 at 16:45

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...

Greenpeace statement on EU agriculture ministers’ debate on GM crops

Press release | September 27, 2010 at 0:00

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...

Three countries challenge EU over antibiotic-threat GM potato

Press release | September 15, 2010 at 0:00

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].

Disagreement in EFSA opinion puts future of BASF GM potato in doubt

Press release | June 11, 2009 at 0:00

Brussels, Belgium — The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has been unable to reach a unanimous opinion on the use of antibiotic resistance genes in genetically modified (GM) plants. This opinion has significant consequences for the...

Greenpeace reaction to today's member state vote on authorisation of controversial GM...

Press release | February 25, 2009 at 0:00

Brussels, Belgium — EU member state experts voting today did not endorse a European Commission proposal to authorise two genetically modified (GM) maize varieties for cultivation. The two maizes are Bt11 and 1507, two controversial pesticide-produ...

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