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Europe votes against GMOs but the Council votes for TTIP

November 11, 2014 by The Sting's Team Leave a Comment

Yesterday afternoon good news came out of the European Parliament; good news for the anti-GM (Genetically Modified Organisms) movement and hopefully for the EU too. The Environment Committee of the European Parliament (ENVI) voted in favour of the right of the member-states to ban GMOs from their territories with 53 votes to 11 and 2 […]

Filed Under: AgroFood, Environment, Health, Policy, Regional, Trade, USA Tagged With: EFSA, ENVI, European Council proposal, European Parliament GMO vote, Genetically Modified Organisms, GMOs, Italian Presidency, Monsanto, Transatlantic Trade Partnership, TTIP

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