"The moratorium will be extended," he said on a visit to the southwestern department of Dordogne.
France's Council of State court ruled Thursday that the French moratorium imposed on growing MON810 corn since March 2012 failed to uphold European Union law.
Under EU rules, such a ban "can only be taken by a member state in case of an emergency or if a situation poses a major risk" to people, animals or the environment, it said.
But Hollande said the ban on GM crops was in place "not because we refuse progress, but in the name of progress."
"We cannot accept that a product -- corn -- have bad consequences on other produce," he added, stressing that it would however be necessary to "secure this decision legally, at a national level and especially at a European level."...
Court found French ban on Monsanto's genetically modified (GMO) maize was in violation of EU law.
At European Voice
France's highest court lifted the country's ban on growing Monsanto's genetically modified (GMO) maize MON810, yesterday (1 August), following a decision by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in May that said the ban was not justified by a serious environmental threat...
The court found that the French ban violated European Union law because the maize was authorised by the EU in 1998.
France’s Socialist president Francois Hollande tells Agence France-Presse that the ban was enacted "not because we refuse progress, but in the name of progress," and that it would remain in place despite the court’s ruling. He plans to "secure this decision legally, at a national level and especially at a European level." In other words, Hollande’s hope is for the dream of a GMO-free Europe to become a EU-wide reality...
The Pundit:
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose...
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