GMO cultivation and cloning – two hot potatoes on Rome’s plate

All eyes are now on the Italian EU Presidency to achieve an agreement with the new European Parliament on the GMO cultivation proposal, after a historic compromise was reached in the Council in late June. “It would be an excellent Christmas present if the Italian Presidency could reach a second-reading agreement with Parliament by the end of the year,” Tonio Borg, commissioner for health and consumer affairs, said, welcoming the Council’s almost unanimous support (only Belgium and Luxembourg abstained) for…