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Why Did MEPs Reject 3 GM Crops Last Month?

21 November, 2017 ARC

One of a series of significant votes in the European Parliament on 24th October last involved the rejection of the authorisation of GM crops. So what reason did the MEPs give for reject these crops? […]

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Parliament Votes to Oppose Importing GM Soya

15 February, 2016 Oliver Moore

The European Parliament voted to oppose the importation of three genetically modified (GM) soybeans into the European Union. This vote sets it against the EU Commission, which wants to authorise these GM soybeans for feed use. […]

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Scotland Wales & Northern Ireland all ban GM Crops – but not England

10 October, 2015 Peter Crosskey

Most EU countries and regions have now declared their intention to not grow GM crops. In the UK, this means everywhere – except England, as Peter Crosskey reports. […]

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Romania says Resounding NO to GMOs

6 October, 2015 ARC

Romania was once the darling of the GMO industry. Now, Romanian farmers have rejected GMO crops in their entirety. Eco Ruralis give us this exclusive report. […]

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Scotland faces GM-free policy challenge

20 May, 2015 Peter Crosskey

Scotland has a national GM-free policy but this is under threat from current European Commission proposals that will allow Westminster to sideline it […]

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EU members have the right to ban GMOs. What will Romania do?

28 April, 2015 ARC

With the GMO free regions event in Berlin on right now, Ramona Duminicioiu assesses GMOs in the EU and Romania
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Latest from EU Member States

Illegal GM soy discovered in Romania, claim Greenpeace.

4 January, 2015 ARC

Has the Romanian State’s lack of diligence on GM been exposed by Greenpeace? Eco Ruralis tell us. […]

Latest from the ARC network

NGO’s welcome Parliament’s vote on National GMO bans

11 November, 2014 ARC

European Parliament reinstates Member State’s right to use environmental concerns to ban GM crop cultivation […]

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Pioneer’s GM maize 1507: a case history

14 July, 2014 ARC

The Eco Ruralis team outline the details on the approval process for Pioneer’s GM maize 1507 […]

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New report points to decline in support for GM crops

13 May, 2014 Myrto Pispini

Friends of the Earth interrogate the official figures to reveal drops in acerage and less support of GM crops […]

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Roundup Ready soybeans, worse than you thought

2 May, 2014 Myrto Pispini

Study debunks the ongoing argument of the biotech industry that GM and non-GM soybeans are substantially equivalent […]

Latest from Brussels

Beware the Greek Minister bearing a new GM proposal

24 March, 2014 Myrto Pispini

Arc2020 correspondent Myrto Pipsini is suspicious of ministerial motivations […]

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Update on authorization of GM maize 1507

3 March, 2014 ARC

ViEWs journalist Ed Bray provides an overview on the potential authorisation of GM maize 1507 for cultivation in the EU. […]

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Romania: GM Maize 1507’s Future Breeding Ground?

24 February, 2014 ARC

If the EU isn’t careful, Romania may become one of the primary breeding grounds for GMOs. […]

Latest from Brussels

Will the Commission authorise controversial GM Maize 1507?

14 February, 2014 Myrto Pispini

Nineteen European Member States voted against the GM 1507 Maize tabled by the European Commission. […]

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Pour une autre PAC

The platform "Pour une autre PAC" ("For Another Common Agricultural Policy") is a French inter-association body created for a common reflection and action in view of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy. This series explains its position in detail.

  • A Message to CAP Bureaucrats & Vested Interests from a Man in Muddy Boots
    19 April, 2018
  • French-German Alliance calls for CAP Reform Based on Principles of Sustainability, Solidarity and Justice
    17 April, 2018
  • Raise the Alarm! European Day of Action for Good Food & Good Farming
    16 April, 2018
  • CAP | Greens Argue for Sustainable Farm Income and an Agro-Ecological Land Use
    15 April, 2018
  • Institutionalising Agroecology in the “Cathedral of the Green Revolution”
    12 April, 2018
  • From Asters to Allethrin: The New Frontier of Agricultural Biologicals
    10 April, 2018
  • CAP in France not Delivering for Citizens, Farmers or the Environment
    9 April, 2018
  • IEEP Report – Ideas for a performance-based CAP
    8 April, 2018
  • Macron’s “Discours de la méthode” on Future CAP
    5 April, 2018
  • State-Sanctioned Agroecological Transition? The State of Food in France
    5 April, 2018
  • 2nd UN FAO Agroecology Symposium Targets SDGs
    2 April, 2018
  • Valuing Nature & the Hidden Costs of Biodiversity Loss
    1 April, 2018
  • #SoilMatters part 4 | What do we really loose, when we change how land is used?
    29 March, 2018
  • Democratising AgTech? Agriculture and the Digital Commons | Part 2
    26 March, 2018
  • Democratising AgTech? Agriculture and the Digital Commons | Part 1
    25 March, 2018
  • ECA report & 5 Member States Disrupt Commission’s Cosy CAP Communication Plans
    20 March, 2018
  • CAP | Ministers from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland call for Full Convergence
    18 March, 2018
  • #SoilMatters Part 3 | Soil, Carbon and Policy – where now for 4p1000?
    18 March, 2018
  • The new German Government’s Agri-Food Plans – Flattering to Deceive?
    15 March, 2018
  • Pesticides, Tear Gas and History | From WW1 to Today’s Streets
    14 March, 2018
  • Could Results-Based Payments Help Finland’s Most Endangered Farmlands?
    13 March, 2018
  • CAP Greening Measures Ineffective ECA Report Finds
    11 March, 2018
  • Does the European Union Need More Milk?
    8 March, 2018
  • Ag Committee Report – End CAP Payments Based on Historical Entitlements
    6 March, 2018
  • Germany – 20% organic by 2030?
    4 March, 2018

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