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"I voted against the Lepage report because it does not aim in any way to enshrine the free choice of the Member States to authorise or prohibit the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), but instead multiplies the barriers for those countries which, like a growing section of the rest of the world, want to benefit from the advantages of GMOs. Fourteen million farmers have been growing GMOs for years without any negative impact on human or animal health or on the environment. In Europe, on the other hand, we cultivate fears, while importing massive amounts of genetically modified soya and corn to feed our livestock. That has, quite clearly, had no consequences for animals and humans, except that we are preventing our agriculture from adopting techniques that would allow us to reduce the usage of pesticides, fertilisers and other added chemicals."@en1

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