Brussels, 17/08/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission decision to give the go ahead on 8 August for the marketing of genetically modified maize, MON863 has provoked a storm of criticism. The Luxembourg minister for the environment Lucien Lux, who chaired the Council meeting on 24 June and which did not obtain qualified majority voting on the marketing of this maize “deeply regrets this decision” by the Commission. He pointed out that in a press statement of 24 June, despite the...