SECTORAL POLICIES / Environment

Pesticides, much more needs to be done in EU to follow recommendations of European Parliament’s Special Committee on pesticides, say MEPs

Brussels, 03/05/2023 (Agence Europe)

Four years after the adoption of the recommendations of the European Parliament’s Special Committee on pesticides, much remains to be done to improve the transparency and accountability of the EU’s pesticide authorisation process, said MEPs on 27 April, during a review of its implementation. All were members of this body.

The PEST Committee, chaired by Eric Andrieu (S&D, French), was tasked with shedding light on this authorisation procedure after the controversial re-approval of...