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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10275

11 December 2010
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/citizens' initiative
First-ever “Citizens' Initiative” comes early

Brussels, 10/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 9 December as planned, the NGOs Avaaz and Greenpeace presented European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy John Dalli, with a petition signed by more than one million citizens from the 27 member states of the EU. The signatories are calling for a moratorium on authorisations for new genetically modified crops until Europe has an independent scientific body capable of correctly assessing the risks of these crops (EUROPE 10230). The...

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