Brussels withdraws its proposal to regulate the use of pesticides
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, announced that she would withdraw the proposal for a new law on the sustainable use of pesticides -which failed in its current form in Parliament and Council- and promised to involve the agricultural sector more in the next draft.
The law, which sets binding targets at national and EU levels to reduce the use and risk of

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