1.Monsanto influence on the EU?
2.A (former) Monsanto Minister of Agriculture in Romania
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1.Monsanto influence on the EU?

1. The current EU Agri Commissioner is Romanian
2. The new Romanian Minister of Agriculture (Stelian Fuia) (since Feb 2012) has worked directly for Monsanto and agrochemical companies for at least the past 15 years, in the following positions:
a. Sales Manager – Monsanto Romania SRL (1995-1996);
b. Business Development Manager pentru Europa Centrală È™i CIS (fostul URSS) – Monsanto Europe SA, Brussels, Belgia (1996-1999);
c. Director Comercial Monsanto Romania Ltd. (1999-2002);
d. Director Executiv Procera Agrochemicals Romania (2002-2005);
e. Director General SCDPMA Fundulea (2005-2007).
http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stelian_Fuia
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2.A (former) Monsanto Minister of Agriculture in Romania
Christophe Noisette 
Info'GM, February 15 2012
http://les-etats-d-anne.over-blog.com/article-un-ex-monsanto-ministre-de-l-agriculture-en-roumanie-99559018.html

[edited, and translated with the help of Google translate]

The new Romanian government received on 9 February 2012, a vote of confidence in parliament, paving the way for its official inauguration. But with the new Minister of Agriculture, Stelian Fuia, the question of conflict of interest arises... 

He has worked for several biotech and agrochemical companies: from 1993 to 1995 for AgrEvo, from 1995 to 1996 for Monsanto Romania as sales manager, from 1996 to 1999 for Monsanto Europe in Brussels as head of commercial development, from 1999 to 2002 as commercial director of Monsanto Romania, and finally, from 2002 to 2005 for Procera Agrochemicals Romania, a company specializing in pesticides, fertilizers and seeds.

From his CV, freely available on the Internet, we learn that he was a graduate of the University of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences Bucharest, and also studied in the United States, where he benefited from courses taught by Monsanto.

Finally, Mr. Stelian Fuia took a position in favor of GMOs. When in Parliament he passed the bill (No. 247/2009) which amended the system of authorizations of GMOs to make it more lax and require less access to environmental information. Another amendment allowed, we reported the association of information on GMOs, Inf'OMG to exclude NGOs consultations on this issue.

A coalition of many environmental organizations has already requested the departure of Stelian Fuiay...

Finally, between Monsanto and the Ministry of Agriculture in Romania, there is a long love affair. Indeed, the previous minister, Valeriu Tabara, made ”‹”‹no secret of his conflicts of interest. We wrote at the time: "In his last statement on this subject, his remaining in contact with Monsanto even as Minister of Agriculture: "There is nothing secret or illegal."' It is ven said that he worked for Monsanto, as evidenced by his resume downloading from the site of the Romanian Parliament, 2 June 2006. This CV has since been purged of any reference to Monsanto " .

In a country where the "nostalgia" for Roundup Ready soybeans is still raw from the companies and some politicians, this appointment is another sign of a lobby to Brussels for the European Commission (re-) authorizes GM soy.