SECTORAL POLICIES / Food safety

Sarah Wiener calls for 80% reduction in use of most dangerous pesticides by 2030

Brussels, 10/02/2023 (Agence Europe)

The European Parliament’s rapporteur on the proposal on the sustainable use of pesticides, Sarah Wiener (Greens/EFA, Austrian), sets the bar high in her draft report, which was released on Friday 10 February, including an 80% reduction in the most dangerous plant protection products by 2030.

The draft report, which will shortly be presented to the European Parliament’s Committee on Environment, already includes many amendments which aim to improve the Commission’s proposal in the...