Genetically modified EU

The EU Commission's decision to authorise the genetically engineered potato Amflora will further heat up controversy in Bulgaria, writes the daily Novinar: "What to make of this EU resolution? That the Union is changing its policy on genetically modified organisms? That the new potato is just the start and that a veritable wave of genetic plants will sweep over Europe? That the Union is buckling under the enormous pressure exerted by the genetic engineering lobby? That we have no choice but to accept genetically modified foods because we're all in the same boat? Who knows. But there is no doubt that the decision won't fail to stir things up even more in Bulgaria, coming as it does at a time when the clashes between pros and cons in the debate over genetically modified organisms have brought things to a standstill."

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