Right2Water report is primary focus THE Right2Water report being authored by Lynn Boylan is the Dublin MEP’s primary focus. The report is a European Citizens’ Initiative pursuing EU legislation to implement the human right to water and sanitation. As the author of the report, Lynn is the MEP selected to oversee and to present that report in the European Parliament’s plenary session.A member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and in her capacity as group spokesperson on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), Lynn has been active in seeking to amend the current GMO draft legislation. Lynn believes that current proposals put forward by the Commission and the European Council contain too many loopholes and is looking for amendments to improve the text in the Council’s report and to protect member states’ right to ban GM cultivation and to support consumer rights in the face of biotech companies’programmes.During the recent Commissioner Designates hearings, Lynn questioned an EU Commissioner Designate on food safety issues. In particular, she has asked how it was intended to manage potential conflicts of interest at the European Food Safety Authority and how it was intended to maintain the food regulatory body’s independence.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 22:36:03 +0000
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