EUROPE’S relentless opposition to genetically modified crops is weakening further.
In a move hailed as “a great success for consumers and farmers” by German minister for consumer protection, food and agriculture, Renate Künast, the German government put forward a bill on 16 January that will allow the import, cultivation and sale of the controversial produce.
The proposal could be the start of a trend that would lead to the eventual lifting of the European Union’s four-year unofficial moratorium on the approval of new GM crops. Such a move would defuse international tensions over GM foods. The US sees the…
