On Monday (6 May) France will present a new pesticide reduction plan, expected to align to the EU standard the way the country measures the chemicals’ impact and risk, amidst NGOs protests for “a European race to the bottom”.
In a major blow to the EU’s Green Deal and Farm to Fork framework, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Tuesday (6 February) that she will withdraw the Sustainable Use Regulation (SUR), which sought to halve pesticide use by …
The European Parliament already rejected the contentious text, which the Commission President described as a “worthy aim.”
The European Commission’s impact assessment and update on the EU’s pesticide cuts plan sparked mixed reactions among stakeholders and lawmakers, sparking calls to stop stalling the reform and caveats about consequences for European agriculture.
