Dear Member of the European Parliament,
In these times of increasing attacks on the regulation proposal for the sustainable use of pesticides (SUR), we - the 83 undersigned civil society organisations - are writing to you to recall the European Parliament’s request to the Commission and Member States to improve the existing pesticide regulation in a plenary vote in January 2019. Under the chairmanship of Eric Andrieu (S&D) and leadership of Norbert Lins (EPP) and Bart Staes (Greens/EFA), all major groups in the European Parliament agreed that protecting human, animal and environmental health from pesticides stood as a priority in Europe and that a stricter and thorough regulation of pesticides was needed for that very purpose. We urgently ask you to take action in light of your mandate to make sure this EP action plan is implemented.