Press releases
October 15, 2021
On 21 and 22 October, the national representatives of the PAFF committee are invited to vote on the renewal of two active substances with well-known disruptive properties (Cypermethrin) or highly susp...
October 6, 2021
During a meeting[1] on the impact assessment linked to the revision of the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive (SUD), the consultant has disclosed the different options, as proposed by DG Sante. T...
September 30, 2021
Jointly with over 200 organisations across Europe, PAN Europe is preparing to celebrate the success of the second anti-pesticides European Citizens Initiative (ECI), having collected over 1 million si...
September 27, 2021
The EU Pollinator Week starting today is a perfect occasion to garner more support for the ‘Save Bees and Farmers’ European Citizens’ Initiative that has four more days to reach its target of 1 millio...
September 21, 2021
Pesticides sprayed in rural areas make their way to citizens’ bedrooms.A study[1] initiated by the European Citizens Initiative (ECI) Save Bees and Farmers[2] has found that throughout the EU, be...
September 8, 2021
Pope Francis received a representative of the anti-pesticides European Citizens' Initiative "Save Bees and Farmers"Pope Francis received today Annemarie Gluderer, the representative of the European Ci...
July 1, 2021
The webinar “No to pesticides in our playgrounds, schools and public areas”, organized jointly by PAN Europe (Pesticide Action Network), EDC-Free Europe, Child Right International network (CRIN) and M...
June 29, 2021
During the AGRIFISH council meeting on 28 June, a vast majority of Member States have backed the proposal from the European Commission to set the acceptable level of pesticide harm to honey bee coloni...
June 22, 2021
After having twice supported the Farm to Fork’s commitment[1][2] to review pesticides import tolerances, taking into account environmental aspects, the Council is now completely shifting away from its...
June 10, 2021
Dans le cadre d’une discussion traînant depuis 2013, la Belgique soutient une mortalité acceptable de 23% des abeilles, suite à une exposition aux pesticides. Par comparaison, la Suède, la France ou l...