Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-04-23-Speech-3-400"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-04-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Zero tolerance regime for unauthorised GMOs and the economic consequences thereof (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080423.25.3-400"2
lpv:speaker	lp:Diamanto Manolakou2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AGRI (2007-01-31--2008-05-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2008-05-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2008-05-19)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2008-05-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2008-05-19)3 unknown; Kommounistiko Komma Elladas (2004-07-20--2008-05-19)3 substitute; ECON (2007-01-31--2008-05-19)3
lpv:translated text	"The EU’s policy on GMOs favours multinationals at the expense of consumers. Farmers become ever more dependent on monopolisation and the multinationals take control of agriculture. GMOs are detrimental to public health. Some of them have been scientifically proven to be implicated in allergies and to undermine the immune system. The irreversible effects on the environment make the danger of GMOs many times greater. Biodiversity is restricted and the limitation of contamination can certainly not be guaranteed. This policy is economically harmful. GMOs are one of the contributing factors to increased food prices and world hunger, as international economic organisations now openly assert. The proposal to adopt zero tolerance is spurious and ineffective; it is the result of compromising with the interests of multinationals. It permits the cultivation of certain GMOs and the consumption of products deriving from genetically modified fodder, such as meat from non-member countries. This policy has the specific aim of limiting the vehement protests of the workers in EU Member States who are demanding safe, GM-free food, at accessible prices. We believe that genetically modified crops should be totally banned in Member States, as should imports of products showing traces of GMOs. At the same time, however, measures should be taken to protect Community production and consumers."@en1

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