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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13643
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NEWS BRIEFS / Environment

PAN Europe concerned about widespread exposure to ‘pesticide cocktails’ in European diet

19/05/2025 (Agence Europe) – PAN Europe is concerned about the doubling of pesticide cocktails in European food in 2023, compared to 2000. The number of contaminated food samples has remained “virtually unchanged since 2000”. A recent study by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) revealed that 42% of food sold in Europe contains pesticide residues. The fact that 96.3% of samples remain within current legal limits “is far from reassuring”, according to PAN Europe, given that...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: defence, fisheries, youth mobility, energy - five years after Brexit, EU and UK open new “era” in their relations
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Ukraine, Middle East and sanctions against Russia on agenda of EU Foreign Affairs Council
AFRICA: strengthening cooperation between EU and African Union on agenda of a third ministerial meeting
HUMANITARIAN AID: European Humanitarian Forum - Hadja Lahbib reaffirms EU’s long-term commitment to international organisations
RUSSIA: Moscow takes EU to WTO over Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: European ministers to discuss support for Ukraine and implementation of White Paper for European Defence
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: despite uncertainty linked to global trade tensions, Commission remains convinced European economy will rebound in 2026
TAXATION: taxing products high in fat, salt and sugar could have positive effects on health, according to European Commission
SECTORAL POLICIES
HOME AFFAIRS: external border security - EU co-legislators agree on gradual roll-out of EU Entry/Exit System
DIGITAL: France, Spain and Greece call on European Commission to introduce age limit for use of social networks within EU
PATENTS: seven EU countries ask European Commission to resume work on Standard Essential Patents
ENERGY: delegated act on low-carbon hydrogen - European Commission defends its position to national experts
ENERGY: ‘REPowerEU’ strategy – share of Russian gas imports into EU has fallen from 45% to 19% in three years
ENERGY: after ACER, Commission publishes its opinion on statutory documents of new European Network of Network Operators for Hydrogen
AGRICULTURE: EU Council agreement on reform of Common Market Organisation
AGRICULTURE: EU Council approves European Commission’s proposal for a targeted amendment to POSEI regulation to benefit Mayotte
ENVIRONMENT: Montenegro becomes fifth non-EU country to join LIFE programme
CLIMATE: Climate Action Network Europe calls on European Commission and EU Member States to “hold line for ambitious action”
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
GENDER EQUALITY: Roxana Mînzatu hears MEPs’ calls for financial and legislative resources to combat disparities and invisibility of care work
INSTITUTIONAL
ROMANIA: relief from EU leaders after Nicușor Dan’s victory in Romanian presidential elections
NEWS BRIEFS
CONSUMERS: European Commission launches a public consultation to strengthen its future consumer protection policy
CULTURE: Italian writer Nicoletta Verna wins 2025 European Union Prize for Literature
GENDER EQUALITY: in drawing up its next strategy, European Commission wishes to take account of opinions of society as a whole
EMPLOYMENT: more than 6.1 million workers were trained in 2024 under ‘Pact for Skills’, according to European Commission
ENVIRONMENT: PAN Europe concerned about widespread exposure to ‘pesticide cocktails’ in European diet
FINANCE: new regulation on benchmarks published in Official Journal of European Union
KOSOVO: renewed tension between Serbian minority and country’s authorities worries EU
RESEARCH: European Commission rewards best nuclear innovations
SYRIA: EU welcomes creation of national authorities for transitional justice and missing persons