David Clarinval, the Belgian Minister for Agriculture, whose country holds the EU Presidency until the end of June, indicated on Monday 12 February that he would not be continuing work in the EU Council on the proposal on the sustainable use of pesticides, after the European Commission announced the withdrawal of the text.
Prior to this, the Belgian Presidency of the Council had sought an agreement among the Member States on two consensual aspects of the proposal, including biocontrol and...