Opposing Digits

Sometimes you have to agree to differ. Europe has done that with the U.S. over Iraq, over Kyoto, over the International Criminal Court, over US antipathy to the UN, over the torture of prisoners and extraordinary rendition, over hormone-laced beef and over GMOs. And those leaders, like Tony Blair, who have sought to go along with the U.S., are widely - and rightly - despised.

EXCERPT: Despite the ongoing [WTO] case in Geneva, European governments voted with a clear majority in 2005 to retain existing national bans on GMOs and individual countries continue to reject GMOs. Greece last week announced an extension of its ban on seeds from a type of GM maize produced by Monsanto. Austria also recently announced its intention to ban the import of a GM oilseed rape. These bans, in addition to those imposed last year by Hungary and Poland, 172 regions in Europe which have declared themselves GMO-free zones, and a Swiss moratorium decided by public referendum, show that Europe is steadfast in rejecting GMOs.

# posted by madthumbs @ 4:14 PM