Εντός του Δεκέμβρη, η Επιτροπή Γεωργίας της Ε.Ε έχει προγραμματίσει την σύνταξη προτάσεων προς το Ευρωπαϊκό κοινοβούλιο, που συνεδριάζει τον άλλο μήνα, για την προώθηση της βιοτεχνολογίας στον Αγροτικό τομέα.
Ουσιαστικά αυτό που κάνει η επιτροπή με αυτές τις προτάσεις είναι να αναπαράγει επίσημα τα κύρια συμφέροντα των εμπλεκόμενων φορέων που επωφελούνται από την προώθηση της βιοτεχνολογικής ατζέντας των εταιρειών (βλέπε Europa BIO). Αυτό έχει να κάνει και με το προγραμματισμένο 7ο ΚΠΣ το οποίο είναι έτοιμο να μοιράσει κοινοτικά κονδύλια για την έρευνα και εφαρμογή της των γτο.
Όσοι θα θελαν την ευρεία εξάπλωση στην Ευρώπη ενός μοντέλου γεωργικής ανάπτυξης που βίαια και ανεπίστρεπτα επιβάλει τη γενετική μηχανική ως μέλλον βρήκαν τώρα την ευκαιρία..
Στο παρακάτω κείμενο υπάρχει η πρόταση μιας ομάδας -International Coalition to Protect the Polish Countryside, Poland- για τρόπο αντίδρασης και ελάχιστης επιρροής στο ρόλο που πάει να παίξει η Επιτροπή Γεωργίας.
Πέρα από όποια κριτική για τον τρόπο αυτής της δράσης, η συμμετοχή σ' αυτή τη κίνηση μάλλον δεν στερείται νοήματος.
Περισσότερα στο κείμενο της ομάδας +η επιστολή που προτείνουν:
Dear friends,
We have sent a letter, with questions, to all members of the
European Parliament Agricultural Committee in order to hold them
individually accountable for unashamedly promoting the GM corporate agenda.
WE ARE URGENTLY ASKING YOU TO JOIN US IN THIS VITAL ACTION
So read on...
The action specifically concerns "Motion for a European Parliament
Resolution on Biotechnology: Prospects and Challenges for Agriculture in
This 'Motion', can be found on http://www.icppc.pl/gmo/635387en.pdf . It has
had it's first reading in the Agricultural Committee and only Mr Wojciechowski
(the Vice Chairman, Polish) demanded complete rejection of this document,
clearly representing his constituents feelings.
Now, on
Agricultural Committee giving another opportunity for it's rejection before
going on to a plenary session of the European Parliament in early January.
MEPs ARE ELECTED TO SERVE OUR INTERESTS and must be held accountable for
their actions. If we don't put big pressure on them now, they will surely
capitulate to the corporate GM buy-out.
It is two minutes to
irreparable genetic contamination.
WE THEREFORE REQUEST YOU TO HELP US BY:
1. Writing to, or calling, MEPs from the Agricultural Committee and
demanding that
they respond a.s.a.p. to the questions in ICPPC's letter.
List of MEPs from the EP Agricultural Committee:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/expert/committees/allMembers.do?committee=1244&language=EN
2. Sending us copies of any responses you receive.
We are going to publish these responses on our web site www.gmo.icppc.pl
(http://icppc.pl/pl/gmo/eng_index.php?id=eng_eu ) and
other European activists will be doing the same on their webs.
Then a picture of the Agricultural Committee's position will be publicly
visible for all who care to see it.
We do urge you to take this chance to positively influence our future!
With greetings,
Julian Rose and Jadwiga Lopata
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ICPPC - International Coalition to Protect the Polish Countryside,
Miκdzynarodowa Koalicja dla Ochrony Polskiej Wsi
34-146 Stryszσw 156, Poland tel./fax +48 33 8797114
biuro@icppc.pl www.icppc.pl www.gmo.icppc.pl www.eko-cel.pl
Για την επιστολή:We need to pile the pressure onto the MEPs who are about
to make crucial decisions without consulting
or listening to us
So we are following up our last letter to you with this EASY
ACTION way of reaching them - before it's too late.
Below there is a READY LETTER. You can
1. copy the READY LETTER onto the new e-mail
2. add your name and address to the end of the letter
3. write "MOTION FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION on Biotechnology"
in the 'subject'
4. copy addresses of Agricultural Committee MEPs below - and send the
message to them
joseph.daul@europarl.europa.eu;janusz.wojciechowski@europarl.europa.eu;
friedrich-wilhelm.graefezubaringdorf@europarl.europa.eu;
marie-helene.aubert@europarl.europa.eu ;
katerina.batzeli@europarl.europa.eu; info@sergioberlato.it;
thijs.berman@europarl.europa.eu; niels.busk@europarl.europa.eu;
giuseppe.castiglione@europarl.europa.eu; albert.dess@europarl.europa.eu;
gintaras.didziokas@europarl.europa.eu;
michl.ebner@europarl.europa.eu;duarte.freitas@europarl.europa.eu;ioannis.g
klavakis@europarl.europa.eu ;bogdan.golik@ europarl.europa.eu;esther.herranz
garcia@europarl.europa.eu;elisabeth.jeggle@europarl.europa.eu;heinz.kinder
mann@europarl.europa.eu;albertjan.maat@europarl.europa.eu;mairead.mcguinne
ss@europarl.europa.eu;diamanto.manolakou@ europarl.europa.eu;
rosa.miguelezramos@europarl.europa.eu;sue.parish@ tesco.net;agnes.schierhub
er@europarl.europa.eu;willem.schuth@europarl.europa.eu;czeslaw.siekierski@
europarl.europa.eu ;briansimpson.labour@virgin.net;csaba.tabajdi@europarl.e
uropa.eu;marc.tarabella@europarl.europa.eu;
eastern@ukip.org;witold.tomczak@europarl.europa.eu;kyosti.virrankoski@euro
parl.europa.eu;andrzejtomasz.zapalowski@europarl.europa.eu; biuro@icppc.pl
best wishes,
Julian Rose and Jadwiga Lopata, ICPPC
*************READY LETTER**********************
Dear Sir/ Madam,
I am deeply concerned about the Agricultural Committee's debate on the
future of GMO.
We will all be affected by the decisions to be made as an outcome of this
debate, which is
why I am now writing to request your answer to the questions in the below
letter.
I look forward to receiving your response.
1. How many of your constituents asked you to support the increase of
GMO in European agriculture and food?
2. In what respect are science based decisions on GMO meeting European
citizens' needs better than public opinion based decisions?
3. What independent analysis have you read:
a) showing European competitiveness criteria will be better met by
biotechnologies' prospects?
b) concerning the mid-term and long-term performance of GMO and their
effects on other crops, the environment and human/animal health?
4. Do you support the "coexistence" of GM and non GM crops?
5. What evidence do you have that genetically modified organisms will
not cross contaminate other crops/plants in, and beyond, the area in
which they are planted?
6. What steps are you recommending to farmers whose crops become
contaminated by genetically modified organisms?
7. Will you support the rejection of the MOTION FOR A EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION on Biotechnology: Prospects and Challenges for
Agriculture in Europe (2006/2005 (INI) ) ?
8. Will you support calls for a ten year GMO moratorium?
9. Are you ready to take personal responsibility for letting GMO be
introduced into the environment?
Thank you!
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