2007-11-05
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U.S. biotech giant Monsanto expressed its deep disappointment on Friday after French President Nicolas Sarkozy decided to suspend the planting of GMO crops pending a full appraisal of the issue. In a statement, Monsanto said Sarkozy’s move was ”incomprehensible” and that the company’s GMO technology helped fulfil the very environmental goals of France -- to reduce pesticide use and economise on water. ”Monsanto is deeply disappointed by the statements made by the president on the subject of GMOs,” it said.
2007-10-26
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday he would suspend the planting of genetically modified (GMO) pest-resistant crops until the results of an appraisal of the issue later this year or early in 2008. Unveiling the country’s new environment policy, Sarkozy said no GMO crops would be planted in France until the government had received the results of an evaluation by a new authority on GMOs set to be launched later this year. ”I don’t want to be in contradiction with EU laws, but I have to make a choice. In line of the precautionary principle, I wish that the commercial cultivation of genetically modified pesticide GMOs be suspended,” he said.
2007-10-15
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France’s largest farm union urged the government on Friday to introduce a law governing GMO crops as soon as possible so that long-standing disagreements over the issue could give way to progress. FNSEA President Jean-Michel Lemetayer told reporters that France had become bogged down with bickering over the issue and that the government needed to clarify the way the country managed all issues related to GMOs.
2007-10-06
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France risks losing its seat among top food producers if it rejects genetically modified (GMO) crops altogether in an upcoming law on biotech organisms, French farmers and producers said on Wednesday. Orama, the lobby gathering French grain and oilseed growers, joined by seedmakers and several politicians, warned against "peddlers of fear" which fight against the use of GMO at a time when most other big producers adopt the technology.
2007-10-02
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Green taxes on gas-guzzling cars, lower speed caps on highways and eco-labels on supermarket food: French campaigners and businesses on Thursday unveiled a blueprint for a green revolution ahead of a high-profile environmental summit. [...] The working group on agriculture also backed a big push to get 20 percent of organic food into school canteens by 2012 and to triple the share of organic crops -- currently less than two percent -- by 2010.
It steered clear however of calling for a freeze of the sale of genetically-modified (GM) seeds, after grain producers threatened to boycott the summit in protest. [...] The working group compromised by calling for a new high authority to step up research on GM crops and report to the government as it prepares new legislation.
2007-09-25
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A total freeze on commercial genetically modified crops, such as France may be considering, is not allowed under EU rules, the European Commission said Friday. ”A general ban is not possible” for an EU state or region, said Barbara Helfferich, spokeswoman for EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas.
2007-09-21
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The French government is planning to freeze the cultivation of GMOs. Jean-Louis Borloo, minister for ecology, development and sustainable management confirmed to Le Monde : ”Everyone is in agreement on the GM issue: it is not possible to control their spread. So we will not take the risk.”
2007-09-20
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The French government is preparing to "freeze the commercialisation" of genetically modified seeds until the adoption of a new law on the issue. French ecology and development minister Jean-Louis Borloo has "confided" this to a group of parliamentarians.
2007-09-03
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Fresh attacks on Monsanto's French test sites for genetically modified (GMO) maize have not put it off research in France, the U.S. biotech giant said on Wednesday. In recent years, biotech firms given the green light to carry out GMO tests in France have done so under threat that protesters may trample fields and wreck months of research. This pushed Bayer CropScience to end field tests in France in 2004 and has prompted fears among scientists that others may shift at least part of their research efforts abroad.
2007-08-30
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A group of Italian and French scientists have produced a high-quality draft of the genome sequence for the pinot noir grapevine, the first sequence made for a fruit crop. The research group, called the French-Italian Public Consortium for Grapevine Genome Characterization, has made the genetic code available to the public to speed up the process of identifying the genes underlying particular traits, such as those involved in disease resistance.
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