MEPs want the EC to make a new proposal to regulate cloned foods after an unexpected discovery and Schumacher comes to Strasbourg to talk about road safety.

The News: Cloned foods - Schumacher on safety

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The debate over food  of cloned animal origin isn't over.

MEPs are asking  for a new legislative proposal.

The world champion is fighting  to improve road safety.

Schengen member Denmark wants to  reinstate customs controls at its borders.

An unexpected revelation  in the cloned foods affair.

This MEP holds up a confidential  document from the Council of the EU.

According to this expert report,  the introduction of clear labels,

stating a food product  is of cloned animal origin,

would not contravene  international trade rules.

The US believes such labels  have negative overtones.

among the negotiators of the Member  States, then I find it scandalous.

If indeed it was known,  then the wrong arguments were used.

In March, the fear of an EU-US trade war  caused negotiations to fail

As a result, EU consumers  still have no way of knowing

if they're eating products  of cloned animal origin.

Last summer, we even learnt  that in the UK,

milk from cloned animal descendants  had been put on sale.

There's a flaw. Negotiations have failed,  which means no new laws

To counter this legislative flaw, MEPs are  demanding a new proposal from the EC.

We can't accept not having  any controls on cloning techniques

and which could be destined  for human consumption.

On this yogurt, it must say  'this yogurt has been made

John Dalli, the EU Commissioner  for Consumer Protection,

has asked for  a human health impact study.

It's unlikely the study will be completed  before 2013, at best.

New technologies found in cars  can save lives.

This was the message  Michael Schumacher gave to MEPs.

Away from the pits,  the Formula 1 world champion

You can't see but the system can see  children or adults running over the road,

or you can avoid an accident  that you don't see but the car does.

That's amazing.  I feel much safer these days.

But the price of this futuristic  technology is still a barrier for EU drivers.

and other safety measures, like side  impact bars, were also expensive.

Clearly, if we can see  that the technology works,

when it’s put into cars,  the cost will come down.

At the end of the day,  what price can you put on a life?

In 2009, more than 35,000 people died  on EU roads following an accident.

The EU wants to reduce this figure  by 50% before 2020.

We must do everything  to make our roads safer.

Our car industry  is also working very hard.

All of us are either  drivers or passengers.

But technology alone won't solve  all the problems

to reduce the mortality rate  on EU roads.

Speed and alcohol are still too often  the cause of a great number of accidents.

The decision caused an uproar  in the plenary session.

Denmark wants to reinstate  controls at its borders.

from Danish MEPs Margrete Auken  and Morten Messerschmidt.

Denmark has seen  an extremely high rise in the amount

of criminality coming  from Eastern European countries.

That is, in drugs and weapons smuggling,  burglaries and things like that.

Therefore, we have decided today  to increase the control

That's nonsense. Of course,  Denmark is not challenging Schengen.

What is in it, and which should be  clear enough, is that we need

to enforce tax and customs services  because there have been big cuts

and the other parties are in favour  of this as well

but don't agree explicitly  on how it should be done.

This is going back to the positive things  in the Schengen agreement

such as cooperation between police,  but we're escaping the bad consequences

which have been the open market  for criminal activities.

We don't want an open market for  criminals but to fight back against them.

We should take the freedom  of movement out of criminality.

But it should be done in a clever way  and the best thing Denmark can do,

and the majority in my party, and the  Social Democrats, are in favour of this,

is to get rid of the opt-out  we have on justice and home affairs.

The reactions were rather negative,  did that surprise you?

No, those who have been sending  negative signals are so blind about the EU

that they're totally ignorant to the reality  of the regular population.

So I'm not surprised at all.  I'm a bit saddened.

Everyone said to me yesterday  'What's happening?' and I said the same.

I looked into it and of course,  they're not that stupid.

So Denmark is still a full member  of Schengen, I can assure you.