The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe is carefully following the work of the Council of Agriculture Ministers concerning the European Commission's legislative proposal aiming to renationalise the ban or restrictions concerning the cultivation of GMO's.

Corinne LEPAGE (Cap 21, France), rapporteur for this legislative proposal for the Environment Committee where she is first vice-president, declared: "It is to be welcomed that the Commission is finally taking into account the member states' various claims concerning GMO's. Questions linked to legal certainty which governments, farmers and industrials need, the functioning of the internal market or the application of the conclusions of the December 2008 Environment Council on the improvement of sanitary and environmental risks, are all elements which much be considered to evaluate this proposal."