To my understanding, France is now banning all in vitro mutagenic techniques. Consequently, since 2,4-D is a known mutagen which is used to maintain in vitro gene banks (e.g. potato) one should not be allowed to grow plants from such gene banks in anymore? @INRAE_France

So much about using "old varieties"! They are now all to be considered as GMOs. I really doubt that this was the intent of this entirely absurd legislation.

Here's Frances notification to the EU in that matter: https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/tris/en/index.cfm/search/?trisaction=search.detail&year=2020&num=280&mLang=EN France has given up science-driven agriculture.

We can see the first massively negative impact of such legislation in France with the sugar production dropping massively. People need to realize that what we do not produce ourselves in Europe will come from somewhere else, causing prices to rise.

Europeans don't care too much (as of yet) if their bread costs 10 cents more. But we are taking bread away from someone else, and that someone may starve because of such policies. How is that ethical, sustainable or fair?