Spain a key ally of pro-GMO America, cables reveal

EUObserver reports that the US and Spain have collaborated closely in order to defend GMO production within the EU, while the Vatican is also quietly supportive of the controversial technology, US diplomatic cables released in December 2010 have revealed.

The cables' release came just days after the European Commission was handed a petition of over one million signatures calling for a GMO ban in Europe, with EU environment ministers set to discuss recent EU proposals on the subject in Brussels on the 20 December 2010

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ESO: Background information: EU receives anti-GMO petition amid raging legal battle http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-receives-anti-gmo-petition-amid-raging-legal-battle/

ESO: Background information: Commission to allow imports of cloned food http://www.europeansources.info/record/commission-to-allow-imports-of-cloned-food/

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