The OpenEU alliance, coordinated by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), was launched. This is the first step in creating a pan-European open university. The OpenEU wants to create a
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“NGT: a vote in favor of agricultural biotechnological progress” Catherine Regnault Roger (Interview)
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On January 24, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee voted on the regulation of NGTs. Catherine Regnault Roger, member of the Académie d’Agriculture de France and the Académie Nationale de Pharmacie,
On 5 July 2023, a new step in the procedure for revising the European regulations that will apply to New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) was reached. This revision of the legislation
“Give us back abundant and cheap energy” says Samuele Furfari, Professor of Geopolitics of Energy, Senior retired European Commission official, President of the European Society of Engineers and Industrialists Doctor of Applied Sciences, Polytechnic
A very dry summer alongside a low supply of fertilizer and energy spikes have created the perfect storm for the European agricultural sector, with staple crops like sunflower and grain
A couple days ago, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gave a speech on the “State of the European Union” in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. She
New Plant Genomic Techniques (NGT): an ongoing public consultation to modify European regulation.
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On July 25, 2018, a judgment of the European Court of Justice (EUCJ) indicates that all products resulting from new genome modification techniques (NGT) after 2001 fall under European regulations
European animal rights activists recently went public with videos of the appalling conditions facing livestock being exported from the EU, from broken bones and horns, to brutal heat and excruciatingly
The links between global food systems, food security and climate change have never been more obvious. The worst-case consequences of rising temperatures and drought played out this year in Madagascar
End of April 2021, the European Commission published a report on “new genomic techniques” which was awaited by developers of these biotechnologies, since it was expected to have major implications