Bayer and Monsanto are also active in the breeding and licensing of seeds for several field crops.

5. Considers that creative people, products and services, as part of the cultural diversity of the EU, should form the basis of a strong single European market and well developed regions, as well as that of local economies where they can contribute to the creation of new economic activities and new jobs; calls for better use of the cultural and creative industries in attracting new investment and varied talent to Europe; stresses that entrepreneurs in the cultural and creative sectors do not have easy access to funding; calls on th ...[+++]e Member States to adopt adequate social and fiscal measures to support the creative economy and to support new business models for cultural and creative industries adapted to the European market, which would enable the mobility of artists and people working in the cultural and creative industries, as well as help them to overcome obstacles relating to different tax or social systems and language barriers, and to promote better understanding among countries and cultures;

19. Believes that developing entrepreneurship skills and programmes to learn how the market, economy and the financial system operate, function and interact should be included in basic education systems; believes that a well prepared business plan is the first step towards better access to finance and viability; calls on the Commission and the Member States to include financial education in their education programmes without any delay; supports in this connection the ‘Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs’ programme, designed to promote an entrepreneurial culture and devel ...[+++]op the single market and competitiveness;

19. Believes that developing entrepreneurship skills and programmes to learn how the market, economy and the financial system operate, function and interact should be included in basic education systems; believes that a well prepared business plan is the first step towards better access to finance and viability; calls on the Commission and the Member States to include financial education in their education programmes without any delay; supports in this connection the ‘Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs‘ programme, designed to promote an entrepreneurial culture and develop the single market and co ...[+++]mpetitiveness;

In the case of cross-pollinating plants, GMOs in seeds fertilise neighbouring crops and any wild relatives growing nearby.

The amount of time required for the implementation of this resolution is incompatible with the seriousness of the situation in which the beekeeping sector finds itself. This problem is largely due to a catastrophic mortality rate caused by two systemic pesticides — imidaclopride and fipronil — which are used to coat the seeds of arable crops and which (as proven by the French National Agricultural Research Institute of Avignon-Montfavet (INRA) and the analyses carried out by the French National Scientific Research Centre in Orléans (CNRS) showing the presence at toxic levels of imidaclopride in maize and sunflower pollens) are harmful no ...[+++]t only to the crops treated, but also to future crops since the active substances remain in crop residues buried in the soil, and subsequently in the humus.