The European Association for Bioindustries (EuropaBio) Executive Director Nathalie Moll expressed her disappointment at the seemingly politically-tainted vote against the European Commission's proposal that Hungary and Austria lift their illlegal bans on GM crops. "Today's vote is a political side-step that goes against the wishes of Europe's farmers who are increasingly demanding the choice to grow biotech crops. Meanwhile, millions of farmers elsewhere around the world continue to grow them across millions of hectares," says Nathalie Moll. She further commented that the EU make tough laws on GMOs, only to ignore them.

This decision came even if there were overwhelming evidence on the safety of the GM products and the safe growth and consumption over a decade around the world. Both Hungary and Austria are bordered by countries where GM maize is grown.

For details, see press release at: http://www.europabio.org/PressReleases/green/090302_why_make_though_laws_GMO_then_break.pdf.