European Parliament Votes Against New Pesticide Restrictions
The European Parliament voted last week to reject a proposed sustainable pesticides regulation that could set new limits on imported agricultural goods and food products, along with other pesticide-related bans (see 2310260029). Parliament said 299 members voted against the proposal,…
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207 supported it and 121 abstained. “With this vote, Parliament has effectively rejected the Commission proposal and closed its first reading,” the legislative body said in a news release. It added that the European Council must still decide “on its own position on the proposal to determine whether it is definitively rejected or returns to Parliament for a second reading.”