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The EU institutions try to weaken the EU pesticide regulation in the so-called Omnibus proposal. EU countries and pro-pesticide parliamentarians try to rush it through. They say it is to cut bureaucracy, but a scientific assessment shows that it harms health, water quality and biodiversity. The omnibus is not a simplification; it adds more complications. Regulatory body EFSA has presented an easy, better and much faster plan. And if the EU were to simply implement the regulation as indicated by the EU Courts, many problematic pesticides and files would disappear and free up lots of regulators' capacity.