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Slovakia considers legal action against EU deregulation of genetic engineering
Slovak Minister for Agriculture Richard Takáč (Smer-SD), Photo: Jojo TV CC BY 3.0
On 14 July 2026 in Bratislava, Peter Sudovský (Slovakia without GMO) and Samuel Matejička (quid est VERITAS) presented Richard Takáč with a letter addressed to him and Prime Minister Robert Fico, bearing the signatures of 300 scientists and organisations from across the EU. VLOG also signed the letter.
“The government will decide whether the Slovak Republic will take legal action. And if it does, we will appeal to the Court of Justice of the EU,” said Minister Takáč at a press conference. The Slovak Republic and its representatives had voted against the EU’s deregulation of genetic engineering at every opportunity.
In Slovakia, there is a particularly broad social consensus on this issue. Indeed, all of its MEPs, across all parties, voted against the EU’s deregulation of NGT. Numerous media outlets, including the main evening TV news programs, reported on the initiative and the country’s potential lawsuit.
Legal action against the new GMO regulation would certainly have good prospects of success, as demonstrated by several legal opinions covering different areas of focus. According to these, the new rules contravene the precautionary principle, the Cartagena Protocol, consumer protection and information rights, and the 2018 ECJ ruling on NGT. The new appeal, which has now been handed to Minister Takáč, takes up all these arguments and calls on the Slovak government to bring a case before the European Court of Justice.
Appeal to the Slovak government (original, Slovak)
Appeal to the Slovak government (AI-assisted English translation)
aktuality.sk: Slovakia is considering legal action against Brussels over GMOs (Slovak)
Sita: Government to examine the possibility of legal action against the EU (Slovak)
