The Italian government is split between Ag minister Alemanno and prime minister Berlusconi whether to prohibit the cultivation of GM maize recently inscribed in the EUs common seed catalogue. A broad coalition of regional governments, agricultural organisations and NGOs "Libri dal GMO" - "GMO free" supports Alemanno`s decree.</p><p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/story/0,12576,1325178,00.html">Guardian: GM crops row splits Italian government</a></p><p><a href="http://dbs.cordis.lu/cgi-bin/srchidadb?CALLER=NHP_EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=&RCN=EN_RCN_ID:22751">Cordis: Italian government torn over GMOs</a></p><p><a href="http://www.greenplanet.net/Articolo5324.html">Greenplanet.net: Anche confindustria con alemanno sugli ogm</a>