Glyphosate renewal: A ’round-up’ of how EU countries plan to vote

 

The European Commission has proposed to renew the approval of the contentious herbicide glyphosate for the next decade, but only if member states give their green light. So where do they sit on the issue?

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The EU executive submitted a draft regulation in September to member states foreseeing the renewed approval of glyphosate for the EU market beyond 15 December this year, when the current approval expires.

If passed, the regulation will mean that the contentious herbicide – the most widely used in the EU – can continue to be used in plant protection across the EU for the next decade, despite divergent views over glyphosate’s impact on health and the environment. (...)