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Government won with GMO?
Government found a way for Polish farmers to block cultivation of genetically modified plants. A project of Polish bill was accepted by European Authorities in Brussels.
During the election campaign in 2007 Civic Platform (PO) claimed that it will change law in such a way that Poland will be a GMO free zone. However an act that will prohibit GMO in Poland would be against European law.
For this reason government used a “back door”: a prohibition of GMO will be done as a “local initiative”, which will allow farmers to declare their fields a GMO free zones.
According to “Gazeta Wyborcza” this project of Polish bill was accepted by European Minister Committee. The bill shall be in power by the end of the year.
