GMO CORN APPROVED IN EUROPE. “One GM maize –MON 810– is commercially cultivated in the EU. This product’s genetic modification aims to protect the crop against a harmful pest – the European corn borer … It represents 1.56% of the 9.6 million hectares of maize cultivated in the EU, and 0.26% of the 57.4 million hectares of GM maize cultivated worldwide.”
http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/gmo/legislation/future_rules_en.htm