12/07/2010 (Agence Europe) - On the sidelines of the Agriculture Council in Brussels on Monday 12 July, French Agriculture Minister Bruno Le Maire repeated his country's strong reservations about the proposals the European Commission is due to present on Tuesday 13 July on breaking the deadlock on authorising genetically modified organisms (GMOs). “We want decisions to continue to be made a Community level, not the renationalisation of these decisions,” the minister said. “Any renationalisation of agricultural issues is a step in the wrong direction. Everything that increases solidarity, working together, imagination, innovation and daring is a move in the right direction,” he added. The Commission is proposing to give countries the option of banning GMO crops within their borders. (L.C./transl.rt)