ECJ: French ban on MON810 maize has no legal basis

New reasons need to be found to justify the ban on cultivating genetically modified MON 810 Bt maize in France. The European Court of Justice … more

New study: Bt maize not harmful to ladybirds

Genetically modified maize has no harmful impacts on the two-spotted ladybird. This is the finding of a scientific study published in August 2… more

Second round table discussion on agricultural biotechnology: Schavan sees progress

“Today we have made good progress. It was a concentrated, intense debate,” was how Germany’s minister of research, Annette Schavan, s… more

"Little respect for scientific facts."

In mid-April 2009 the cultivation of genetically modified MON810 Bt maize was banned in Germany. In banning its cultivation, the German gov… more

German ban on cultivating genetically modified MON810 maize in 2009 is final

The ban on cultivating MON810 maize, issued by Germany’s Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner on 14 April 2009, will remain in force for 200… more

Nobel Laureate Nüsslein-Volhard: “The ban on cultivating Bt maize sends an alarming signal.”

(13 May 2009) In a joint memorandum, the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) and German Agricultural Society (De… more

Braunschweig administrative court upholds MON810 ban

The ban on cultivating genetically modified Bt maize line MON810, which was issued in April, remains in force. The Braunschweig administrative… more

“Our experiments only make sense if we use Bt maize.”

The ban on cultivating the genetically modified Bt maize line MON810 that was issued by Germany’s Agriculture Minister, Ilse Aigner, at … more

“It undermines the credibility of biosafety research.”

The announcement by Germany’s minister of agriculture, Ilse Aigner (CSU), that she will be considering a ban on the cultivation of genet… more

French government sticks to ban on cultivating MON810 GM maize

Representatives of the EU member states were unable to agree on Monday on the future of the MON810 bans currently in force in France and Greec… more