On Tuesday 5 September in Cordoba, the majority of EU agriculture ministers were in favour of the 5 July proposal on new genomic techniques (NGTs), even though a number of aspects are problematic, such as patents on these NGTs and the treatment to be given to organic farming, which is currently excluded from the text.
The Spanish minister, Luis Planas, who chaired this informal meeting of European ministers, told the press that the ministers had recognised the potential of NGTs “in...