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

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, 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.

Farmers are bringing the issue of genetically modified (GM) crop contamination right to the Commission’s front doorstep today. They are meeting European Commissioner for health, Androulla Vassiliou, and joining Greenpeace in handing over a...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Brussels, Belgium — Greenpeace is today staging a parody protest outside the EU Commission's Berlaymont headquarters, posing as lobbyists for companies that produce genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and are trying to get them approved for...

Brussels, Belgium — The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) missed an opportunity today to recover its credibility as regulator of GMO authorisations in Europe.

Luxembourg — Greenpeace activists deployed a banner over the entrance to the Environment Council in Luxembourg this morning, calling on ministers entering the meeting to "Protect Europe from GM food risks". The Council will discuss flaws in the...

Brussels, Belgium — At the Agriculture Council today EU Ministers decided to allow contamination of organic food with genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The Ministers adopted a new law which allows organic food containing up to 0.9 percent...

Brussels, Belgium — New research into the health impacts of genetically engineered (GE) food already approved in Europe casts further doubt on the way these products are checked for safety by EU authorities before being approved for sale and...

Brussels, Belgium — Greenpeace this weekend alerted the European Commission to the presence of an illegal GMO in a shipment from the US to Europe. Greenpeace is calling for immediate EU intervention to confiscate the cargo and prevent further...

Brussels, Belgium — Greenpeace will today deliver to Markos Kyprianou, European Commissioner for Health, a petition containing 1,000,000 citizens’ signatures calling for the labelling of milk, meat, eggs and other animal products where the...

Brussels, International — Greenpeace International released findings today that show illegal GE (genetically engineered) rice from China has contaminated food products in France, Germany and the UK. Greenpeace International has notified authorit...

Brussels, Belgium — News that French authorities have detected another variety of illegal genetically engineered (GE) rice contained in US imports to the EU – the third illegal GE rice scandal in Europe in two months – should prompt...