Hungary’s firm stance for GMO-free food products should be further tightened to guarantee food safety, opposition LMP said on Tuesday.
Antal Csárdi, LMP’s deputy group leader, told a press conference that the party is proposing that parliament adopts a declaration on the matter.
Csárdi said several parliamentary groups were divided, with Momentum and Jobbik-Conservatives not voting for an earlier proposal declaring Hungary’s opposition to the EU’s pro-GMO recommendation, which “would allow such produce to flood European markets … by eliminating member states’ right to weigh the decisions individually”.
Momentum’s party family in the EU, Renew Europe, “is neoliberal and extremely pro-market, and a vocal proponent of giving free rein to genetically modified produce”, he said.
LMP is proposing a declaration that would take a stance for a GMO-free Hungary “independent of party affiliations”, Csárdi said. The declaration would clearly oppose new GMO technologies, he said.
Hungarians have a right to know whether their elected representatives take a stance for a GMO-free Hungary, he said.
Meanwhile, the debate has gained new momentum in the EU as “chemical industry players and seed producers are planning to launch a new technology that would prevent consumers from knowing whether the food they buy is genetically modified,” he said.
Hungary should only import food that it does not grow. Hungarian farmers ensure that their food is produced with the least amount of poison. Hot houses should be built to provide vegetables all year around. Only tropical food should be imported. Someone sent me some Hungarian chocolates; they tasted better than Austrian and Swiss. It seems Hungarian land can produce all good and necessary food that the country requires.