In a statement made alongside an informal meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Uppsala, Sweden, on Sunday 11 June, the Spanish minister, Luis Planas, indicated that the pesticides dossier would not be concluded before the European elections in spring 2024.
Speaking to journalists during a visit to the Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), Mr Planas outlined the priorities of the forthcoming Spanish Presidency of the EU Council. On the subject of pesticides, he said that the European...