Press releases
December 18, 2025
Today, the Court of Justice of the EU concluded that the European Commission acted unlawfully by re-approving cypermethrin in 2021, with major gaps in the reapproval dossier, by relying on unscientifi...
December 16, 2025
Despite strong warnings from scientists and civil society, the European Commission today confirmed its proposal to introduce open‑ended approvals for certain pesticides. This represents a significant ...
December 11, 2025
A coalition of leading scientists from many countries call on the European Commission to improve the protection of the environment, biodiversity and citizens' health against harmful pesticides. A lett...
December 4, 2025
A new PAN Europe study reveals high levels of the “forever chemical” trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), recently found to cause harm to reproduction and development, in everyday cereal products across Europe...
December 2, 2025
Civil society groups from around the world have come together today to denounce the European Union’s toxic double standards. In a symbolic action in front of the European Commission in Brussels, campa...
November 27, 2025
On 20 November, the Belgian Council of State ruled illegal three authorisations granted to abamectin-based pesticides, an insecticide highly toxic to the environment and suspected of being genotoxic t...
November 19, 2025
The European Commission cannot systematically and automatically grant extensions of pesticide approvals in case of delays in the re-assessment process. This was clarified by the EU Court of Justice to...
November 18, 2025
A draft Omnibus regulation on Food and Feed reveals that the European Commission’s DG SANTE is attempting to deregulate all chemical pesticides. This comes under the guise of “simplification”, intende...
November 13, 2025
Bayer has officially joined the European Commission in defending glyphosate before the European Court. Earlier this year, PAN Europe and five of its members took the EU decision to court for renewing ...
October 28, 2025
138 civil society, scientific, water, and farming organisations across Europe have called on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to fully enforce the EU Pesticide legislation.The open l...