The EPP party on Friday 5 May slammed the European Commission’s ‘European Green Deal’ initiatives by rejecting the proposal on the sustainable use of pesticides, “because the chosen reduction targets are simply not feasible and the proposal does not offer farmers viable alternatives”.
The EPP adopted a resolution on its vision for agriculture at its political assembly in Munich, Germany, on 4-5 May. The EPP believes that “now is not the time to endanger food security in...