More than 15,000 people are manifested in Madrid against GMOs

"More than 15,000 people demonstrated on Saturday April 17 through the streets of Madrid under the motto ' by a GM-free food and Agriculture". Farmers, environmentalists and consumers from around the State toured the city calling on the Government to follow the same path by countries such as France, Germany or Austria, and banning the cultivation of transgenic maize in Spain. According to the convening organizations, our country is the only EU that cultivated GM on a large scale. Last year, were 76,000 hectares cultivated with genetically modified maize. According to the organizations, "this crop takes place under a complete lack of transparency and control, with numerous cases of contamination of crops and food".

"We are in the half of the Spanish Presidency of the EU, and the Government has, if anything, even more responsibility to drive other model of agriculture and food." "However, when the European Commission approved a few weeks ago the cultivation of a genetically modified potato, Spain was one of the few countries which supported this decision," reported associations.

The massive demonstration suposo the central Act of a week of action against GMOs, with dozens of protests, talks and shares information throughout the State. The convening organizations consider that this mobilization is a clear and forceful demand to the Government for action in defence of the environment, agriculture and the rights of consumers, and banning the cultivation of GM crops in the Spanish State.

Head of the demonstration ' by a GM-free food and agriculture '.