Incorrect statement of the Minister of agriculture: Is Klöckner, the German Trump?

The agriculture Minister have said in the dispute about their pesticide policy, the falsehood, so environmentalists. For the revocation of the decency of a lack

Incorrect statement of the Minister of agriculture: Is Klöckner, the German Trump?

The agriculture Minister have said in the dispute about their pesticide policy, the falsehood, so environmentalists. For the revocation of the decency of a lack.

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BERLIN taz | The environmental organization Global 2000 determined accuses Federal Minister of agriculture, Julia Klöckner, the methods of US President Donald Trump apply. The CDU politician had given a Statement about their pesticide policy, which have then been shown to be false. Instead, it is calling clearly to resist, you only of your so-called "complementary facts" that contradict your original statement. The remember, "the 'alternative facts' of Donald Trump," said Helmut Burtscher-damage, a biochemist of the Austrian Association, the taz.

The taz, and in a separate Report, the Organisation Corporate Europe Observatory had reported that Klöckner for new rules has been used, which could allow for the authorisation of food imports with certain pesticides. These agents must not be injected in the EU, because they cause cancer, genetic damage, reproductive or hormone system disturbing.

was denied by The Minister, that you have fought in favour of imports with such pesticides. The wanted to show, especially with the statement that the authorities dealing with requests for import permits for such Goods already, but always have rejected it. The taz-article Klöckner "tendentiously called". Renate Künast threw you to prepare a breeding ground for "Hate Speech", because the Green party politician had spread the article.

A response to the EU Commission on a request from the Global 2000 shows, however, that so far not a single request for the import of food with the affected pesticides on their risks has been tested. Therefore, only very few substances have been prohibited until now because of the health hazards: "so Far, the registration of 5 active ingredients has not been renewed because they did not meet the health-related exclusion criteria the EU regulation (for pesticide registration) number 1107/2009: Linuron, Iprodione, Propiconazole, Chlorothalonil, and Thiacloprid," said the competent Directorate-General of health.

On the question, for how many of these substances to the prohibition of a risk assessment for the establishment of a border took place in value for imports, said the authority: "For no. No such requests were made, or were withdrawn by the applicant.“

The Ministry of agriculture had granted a further report from the taz that import tolerances "at EU level" were rejected or fixed. Also "at the EU level" would not have such requests approved. But this Statement, which was titled "correction", but "supplementary facts", leaving open the question of whether, perhaps, a member state has considered such a request. With the information provided by the EU-Commission that also is excluded.

"The information provided by the EU Commission shows that Ms. Klöckner, or your Ministry have said is untrue," said environmentalist Burtscher damage. He criticized that the Ministry has not revoked his old Statement. The had to do when he spreads incorrect Information, and "a spark of decency" have. "But having said that supplementary facts. The are States, as, unfortunately, they are in the United States a political reality, since the Trump is in Power, but such as is not actually, in Germany like. It is bad to see how quickly this political culture of Europe is contagious,“ says the environmentalist.

Nevertheless, Klöckners Ministry was his opinion remained unchanged: It had not been made "clear that originally made the statement is so true".

Date Of Update: 27 February 2020, 19:00
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