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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen from Romania and Bulgaria, I will confine my remarks to the subject of Romania.
In mid-July, we received a visit from some particularly anxious Romanian farmers. They explained to us that the Romanian authorities had lost all control over GMO crops. No one, not even their minister, knows how many thousands of hectares are covered by these crops. On the other hand, it turns out that Romania is the country in which GMO crops reign supreme, with soya, maize, plums, potatoes and so on.
The directive on GMOs, Commissioner, is categorically not enforced and has been passed over in your report. I have not seen the Rosia Montana gold mine mentioned anywhere in the report either. The present Government, however, took a stand against this project, which violates the very concept of sustainable development, one of the pillars of our European policies.
However, Romania also possesses the jewel in Europe’s environmental crown in the shape of the Danube delta. Its approach to managing the delta had succeeded, until now, in striking the right balance between promoting the various activities taking place in the delta and protecting its fabulous biodiversity. However, the way in which the delta is being managed today gives us cause for concern. Thus, the start of the hunting season, on 15 September, is harmful to the preservation of these natural surroundings, and this demonstrates that, as far as the environment is concerned, Romania is really not on the right track.
On the other hand, I entirely support Romania’s accession to the European Union but, in doing so, I call on the Romanian authorities to get to grips with the environment and to undertake effectively to protect it."@en1
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