“Welcome to the European Parliament, new MEPs. Here’s an illustration of the Commission’s obstinacy”, declared Christophe Clergeau (S&D, French) on Thursday 12 September, at the end of a debate on the maximum residue levels of the pesticides cyproconazole, spirodiclofen, benomyl, carbendazim and thiophanate-methyl in or on certain imported products.
The Parliament’s two objections to the Commission’s draft amendment to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 concerning the adjustment of...