MEPs in the environment committee on Tuesday (24 October) voted in favour of setting binding targets to reduce pesticide use in EU member states.
"It is very positive that we were able to agree on feasible compromises in an ideologically-charged and industry-dominated discussion," said Austrian Green MEP Sarah Wiener, who has been leading the parliament work on this file.
The narrowly-approved text aims to achieve a 50-percent reduction in the use and risk of EU chemical pesticide...
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Already a member? Login hereElena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.
Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.