Miguel Jara
As commented 18/10/1910 in the above information , Spain is the only EU country that grows GM maize on a large scale. Other countries such as Austria, Germany, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy and Poland prohibit its cultivation based on scientific evidence about environmental impacts, the inevitability of genetic contamination of crops and damage to health.
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The Government places the responsibility for decisions in the National Biosafety Commission, a supposedly scientific body which, as Friends of the Earth, only seven scientific representatives out of 46 members. Many have said in public to be advocates of GMOs, with close relationships to the industry, its foundations and lobbies. Among the representatives of the administration within the Commission, there are some who maintain a close relationship with industry.
The Ministry's support for biotech companies generated numerous complaints from civil society organizations. And when these opinions bother the structures of participation, the Ministry makes every effort to stop them. This is the case of the Working Group of the Advisory Council on Genetically Modified Environment (COT), depicting the five state environmental associations, trade unions, agricultural associations and only two business representatives. After a meeting where the government decided to invite all business associations engaged in lobbying on behalf of GM, the Ministry of Environment, Rural and Marine has created another agency participation, which lowers the presence of environmental organizations and increases in the industry.
Another clear example of the linkage and total government support to industry is the return to the Ministry of Environment, Rural and Marine major in charge of the introduction of GM in Spain under the administration of PP. Martín Fernández de Gorostiza , at that time Director of the English Office of Plant Varieties, was reported to the Office of the Environment, a coalition of social organizations (including Friends of the Earth and the Coordinator of Organizations of Farmers and Ranchers - COAG-) to compatible positions in the Ministry of Agriculture with the coordination of the Centre of Biotechnology of Agricultural Forum, an advocacy organization linked to the transgenics antam Foundation, which acts as a lobbying and public relations of the GM multinationals, such as Monsanto and Syngenta. This complaint forced him to leave the ministry. But the minister Elena Espinosa, according to Friends of the Earth, has recovered to work on farming issues.
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