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2006-06-07 |

BASF boss tells Wales to leave the EU

Hans Kast, chairman of EuropaBio and CEO of BASF, said European countries which did not want approved GM goods "should get out of the EU and say we want to be on our own."When asked, in an interview for eupolitix.com, about the aspiration for a GM-free Wales, he said, "I have not heard that the people of Wales want to be GM free. Would Wales be allowed to say we don't want to have cars?"</p><p><a href="http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0300business/0100news/tm_objectid=17170433&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=biotech-boss-slams-gm-free-wales-name_page.html">icWales: - Biotech boss slams GM-free Wales</a></p><p><a href="http://www.eupolitix.com/EN/Interviews/200605/27eeedea-65a3-4b79-b57d-83467c4ff13d.htm">Europolitics.com: Interview with Hans Kast</a>