Jup, they don't have quite as much influence in europe yet. In america they controll the majority of the seed supply and a lot of politicians if I'm not mistaken.
The former president of Monsanto is head of the F.D.A now "go figure" and Monsanto's old head attorney also sits on the supreme court. I'm sure they also have a few politicians on "payroll" aswell as most news agency's wich is why you will NEVER hear about these protests on any news channel in the U.S.