Agriculture companies just out for profit

The EU's green light for the genetically modified Amflora potato is the result of the business interests of diverse multinationals, writes the founder of the slow food movement Carlo Petrini in the left-liberal daily La Repubblica: "Europe is a tempting bite for the producers of genetically modified organisms (GMO). The continent was of strategic importance for their plans to conquer the world, but then something went wrong - delays, mistrust and the opposition of citizens, legally binding precautionary measures - with the result that last year the proportion of land used for GMO cultivation went down by 12 percent on the continent. I am utterly convinced that if the multinational producers of GMO don't secure access to those markets that remain closed to them in the next two years they will drastically revise their plans. They would face huge financial losses and this is the real reason behind this umpteenth assault against common sense and the will of Europe's citizens with the goal of having the Amflora potato authorised."

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