The European Commission's proposal to renew the authorisation of glyphosate, the highly controversial total herbicide, for a further ten years in the EU has a good chance of being approved.
And for good reason: a qualified majority against the proposal would be required to cause it to be rejected. For the time being, however, Germany, which intends to ban glyphosate on its soil by the end of 2023, is the only EU Member State determined to vote against this proposal. This opposition had...