Nobody’s perfect, but not allowing GMOs without long term impact assessments was seems like the right decision.
It might have the saved the EU tens to hundreds of billions in fixing the after effects of glyphosate on human food, which the US is now dealing with.
It’s quite simple - protect your food source, protect it from any change whatsoever that’s not 100% necessary, and you are likely protecting the health of hundreds of millions.
(Noticeable: partial bans on glysophate have happened later).