Posted December
17, 2004: Italy passed a bill outlining measures
for coexistence between genetically modified, conventional
and organic crops. The bill passed despite a lack of
enthusiasm from Prime Minster Silvio Berlusconi, several
ministers and Attorney General Roberto Castelli. Berlusconi
and several ministers tried to block the bill as restrictive
and illiberal but in the end voted in favor of it because
of public outcry.
Castelli, on the other hand, was the only minister
to vote against the ban, Roberto Pinton of Italy's Green
Planet told GM Watch. But he voted as an opponent
of biotechnology arguing coexistence involving GMOs
is impossible.
Read the full article at: http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4620
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