Exporting pesticides banned in the EU to developing countries is neither in line with the EU’s values nor in its interest, as these products end up on the plates of European consumers, stressed MEPs on the European Parliament’s Committee on Environment, on Tuesday 23 March, in an exchange of views with the Commission.
Requested by the Greens/EFA, this exchange was aimed at asking the European Commission to act to halt these exports (see EUROPE B12621A17, B12558A14). Many MEPs were left...