On April 15, 2017, around a hundred GMO Voluntary Mowers and Mowers neutralized and claimed responsibility for the mowing of a rapeseed variety testing platform from the KWS seed company in VILLY-le-MOUTIER, near BEAUNE ( 21).
6 Reapers of Côte-d’Or are summoned for an interrogation in 1time appearance, before an examining magistrate at the Court of Dijon: 3 took place on November 24, and 3 on December 30. They intend to confirm their participation, but to assert their right to silence while awaiting recognition of the collective nature of this action.
Indeed, it is abnormal that these 6 citizens are held solely responsible, while a hundred whistleblowers officially claimed this action, by handing over a list to the authorities.
Les Maucheuses et Faucheurs Volontaires recall that France is still illegal, for non-compliance with the obligations imposed on it by the Council of State, following the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
These legal victories confirmed that, since 2001, new varieties resulting from mutagenesis applied to plant cells cultivated in vitro did indeed produce GMOs, and therefore had to be evaluated, traced and labeled GMO. The French government had 6 to 9 months to implement these measures, but it still has not complied.
Les Maucheuses et Maucheurs Volontaires denounce this inaction of the public authorities and remain determined to continue their actions, in order to force the government to fulfill its obligations and its mission of protecting the population, farmers and the environment.
The Voluntary Mowers and Mowers will continue to inform citizens and elected officials and support any action aimed at banning the dissemination of GMOs in fields and on plates.
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