EU Glyphosate Authorization Extension Proposal Fails to Achieve Majority Support: Germany and France Opt for Abstention

The Commission had proposed last month to extend the authorization for glyphosate for a further ten years, but a meeting of experts from the 27 Member States failed to achieve the required qualified majority (55 percent of Member States representing 65 percent of the EU population). to support or reject the proposal.

The proposal received a lot of support in the south and east of Europe. Austria and Luxembourg had made it clear that they would vote against the extension. However, the decisive factor was the heavyweights Germany and France, who, like Belgium and the Netherlands, opted for abstention.

2023-10-13 15:40:00
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