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This report rightly condemns the fragmentation and inadequacy of Community legislation on GMOs. But how could it be otherwise? The corporate giants in the realms of agri-food, chemicals and biotechnology are clearly not keen on the imposition of excessively restrictive rules and are even less favourably disposed to the introduction of proper scrutiny, particularly in view of the legitimacy of consumers’ fears.
It would obviously be possible to subject them to a coherent system of obligations and in particular to enable the general public to monitor the companies in question. The European institutions, however, are too closely linked to the business community and its interests to exert any real pressure on it in any domain whatsoever.
Not because we wish to side with those who would present genetic modification as a modern-day Medusa, but because we have no faith in choices made by capitalists, choices dictated not by the precautionary principle but by the profit motive alone, we are voting in favour of this report. Although the proposed measures pertain to the fierce competition that rages between the European and American corporations, these measures could ultimately create a little more transparency for consumers and might even enhance their safety.
It is for these same reasons and with the same reservations, particularly with regard to the protection of confidential data, from which the business world alone stands to benefit, that we have voted for the Scheele report."@en1
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