Abstract
The course of "European negotiations" opened a new area of interests for me, not only by being able to explain very well the framework of the negotiating and the co-decision processes in the European Union, but also by unveiling the practical set of skills necessary in any kind of negotiations and which can be acquired only if they are applied in a specific context. The context proposed for the present exercise was Commission's proposal for a regulation amending Directive 2001/18/EC as regards the possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their territory (COM (2010) 375).
In the following pages I will describe the background of the actual proposition, as well as, my role of shadow-reporter of the European's People Party in the simulation. Also, I will analyze the negotiations inside the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) and the strategies that myself and my group used in order to obtain the maximum result, which would be the adoption of the act.
