On the initiative of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament, 27 MEPs (Greens, S&D, EPP, GUE/NGL and EFDD) came together to call on Friday 24 March for the Commission not to renew the glyphosate licence which is due to expire in around six months time and to take any action necessary to guarantee the immediate protection of public health and of the environment.
The revelations in the “Monsanto Papers” that multinational had concealed damning studies on harmful impacts of active...