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"I voted in favour of Mrs Lepage’s report and therefore in favour of allowing Member States to ban the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their territory through new legal provisions. The report is a response to demand from most European citizens, who are very distrustful of, if not opposed to, GMOs and their use in food. Given the risks to biodiversity, different cultivation methods, the economic impact on conventional and organic farming, and the limited number of studies on the environmental and health impact of GMOs, Member States need to have a legal framework for banning these crops.
This vote sends a clear signal to the Council and Commission: that ultimately they need to improve the guidelines on assessing GMOs in accordance with the Council Conclusions produced under the French Presidency in December 2008. The Commission and Council now need to take up their responsibilities with regard to GMOs and to ensure that the Member States, such as France, will actually back this much-needed change to Community legislation. That will then leave the problem of the World Trade Organisation and the need to take the environmental and social issues into account at a global level."@en1
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