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Weed management: Alternatives to the use of glyphosate

No obstacles to ban glyphosate - New report shows that alternatives exist for all uses

March 9, 2023

This year the EU will decide on the re-approval of glyphosate[1], the active ingredient of the most popular and controversial weed killer around the world. Exposure to the herbicide not only poses a r...

PAN Europe challenges Commission secrecy about highly toxic pesticides in EU Court

February 23, 2023

By law, European citizens have the right to know why highly toxic pesticides are kept on the market, against scientific advice. The EU Commission refuses to respect the law, and respond to 2 Access To...

Million-strong pesticides petition delivered to EU Parliament: Golden chance for EU to show it works for citizens, organisers say, as pesticide reforms hit opposition

January 25, 2023

A million-strong petition to ban synthetic pesticides was received by the European Parliament yesterday. Pesticide residues are the highest food safety concern for Europeans, according to recent offic...

PAN Europe takes the issue of pesticide derogations to the Court of Justice of the European Union

EU Court of Justice: no more derogations for the use of bee-toxic neonicotinoids

January 19, 2023

Today, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) published a preliminary ruling on questions posed by the Belgian Administrative Court, following a complaint by PAN Europe, Nature & Progrès Belgium an...

Member States against EU pesticide reduction

Banned pesticides still widely used: How EU Member states abuse emergency authorisations

January 12, 2023

Pesticides banned by the EU because of harm and danger are still in our food or environment. Many EU countries continue to allow their use. In a new report, PAN Europe exposes the widespread abuse of ...

Non-sprayed areas near houses: latest updates on the stormy French debate

PAN Europe et Nature & Progrès Belgique introduisent un recours en justice contre les autorisations systématiques des pesticides les plus toxiques en Belgique

December 7, 2022

Les ONGs belge et européenne Nature & Progrès et PAN Europe ont conjointement demandé au Conseil d’Etat belge qu’il suspende immédiatement l’autorisation de deux insecticides à base de Cyperméthri...

PAN Europe en Nature & Progrès België procederen tegen de systematische toelating van de meest toxische pesticiden in België

December 7, 2022

De Belgische en Europese NGO's Nature & Progrès en PAN Europe hebben de Belgische Raad van State gezamenlijk verzocht de toelating van twee insecticiden op basis van cypermethrin onmiddellijk op t...

Civil society & IPs to FAO: Demonstrate bold leadership on climate action, end agreement with pesticide industry

December 5, 2022

As the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Council convenes its 171st Session today, PAN (Pesticide Action Network) Europe, calls upon the agency to demonstrate bold leadership on climate action b...

European Commission mustn’t abandon promise on hazardous chemical exports ban made in EU Green Deal

November 30, 2022

Ahead of 3 December Global No Pesticides Day, More than 326 civil society organisations from across the globe, institutions and trade unions have published a Joint Statement demanding a ban on t...

1 Million EU citizens tell EU Commission: end the war against nature

November 28, 2022

Vice-President Jourová and Commissioner Kyriakides receive Bees ECI demandsOn Friday 25 November, representatives of the European Citizens Initiative Save Bees and Farmers delivered a clear message to...

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