Despite numerous objections to certain elements of the text, the EU Council will continue negotiations on the proposal on the sustainable use of pesticides in the first half of 2023 under the Swedish Presidency of the EU Council, the EU agriculture ministers stressed in Brussels on Monday 12 December.
“We are fully aware of the major concerns arising from the war in Ukraine, but I want to say once again that if we do not address the damage caused by the current use of pesticides, we will...