Dear readers,

at the weekend, the German Green Party adopted its election manifesto and clearly positioned itself on the issue of genetic engineering. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU/CSU, conservatives) is the only current party in the Bundestag that has not yet presented a draft manifesto.

Whatever the outcome of the elections, the future German government will have to deal with the issue of genetic engineering. The EU Commission wants GMO deregulation. Many EU agriculture ministers, including the German one, agreed with it. For the time being, the issue has disappeared from the agenda of their environmental colleagues. But the debate must and will be conducted.

How fatal a deregulation of genetic engineering and GMOs would be was recently expressed by the large European food retailers in their resolution. VLOG will also continue to campaign for all GMOs to continue to be considered and regulated as GMOs. This must become part of the next coalition agreement.

We wish you a warm and healthy election summer!
Your VLOG team