On Thursday 20 September, the first broad lines of what could be the recommendations of the European Parliament’s special committee PEST were published in the form of a draft report by Norbert Lins (EPP, Germany) and Bart Staes (Greens/EFA, Belgium), co-rapporteurs for this body created in March to shed full light on the procedure for authorising pesticides in the EU, further to the controversial five-year renewal of the glyphosate licence.
The draft report is a necessary work of...