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The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bogdan Aurescu, is taking part on Wednesday and Thursday, in the informal meeting of the heads of diplomacy from the member states of the European Union (the Gymnich format), which is taking place in Lisbon, within the Portuguese Presidency of of the Council of the European Union, agerpres reports.
According to a press release sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) to AGERRPES, the agenda features the prolonged conflicts from the Eastern Vicinity (a topic introduced at Romania s proposal), the EU-Africa relations and the strategic vision of the EU for the Indo-Pacific region. Furthermore, the European ministers will have an informal luncheon, with Jordanian Hashemite Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi as their guest.
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EU food retailers oppose any moves to classify new plant breeding techniques as non-GMO Leading EU supermarkets such as Aldi, Rewe and Lidl say that all products stemming from new genetic engineering methods such as CRISPR/Cas, TALENs and others, must be classified as GMOs.
The food retailers are coming out fighting, releasing a joint statement today that sets out their objections to any
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“Our expanding organic and conventional non-GMO product lines would be under particular threat of damage or destruction. A conventional non-GMO label must deliver what it promises and reliably exclude both old and new GMOs. The organic sector would be equally affected: The ban on GMOs, which is clearly laid down in the EU Organic Regulation, is an important selling point for organic products, and would be at risk if new G