Ursula von der Leyen withdraws text reducing the use of pesticides. The EU President of the European Commission recently encountered blockage from certain MEPs.
“We must avoid blaming each other, establish solutions together,” she said. The withdrawal comes a few hours before the announcement of a roadmap where Brussels will recommend a climate objective for 2040, which should relatively spare agriculture (11% of European greenhouse gas emissions) The European Parliament rejected the pesticide proposal at the end of November.