SECTORAL POLICIES / Environment

PAN Europe accuses Austria and other Member States of torpedoing target of 50% reduction in pesticides by 2030

Brussels, 07/12/2020 (Agence Europe)

PAN Europe accuses some EU Member States, led by Austria, of torpedoing the Agriculture Council’s goal of halving pesticide use by 2030, according to documents to which the NGO had access and whose analysis it published on 3 December.

These documents are the positions of the EU27 on the draft EU Council conclusions on the implementation of the ‘Sustainable Use of Pesticides’ Directive (2009/128/EC) for which the NGO had already criticised the German Presidency (see EUROPE...