EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen wants to withdraw a bill against pesticides. Parliament was against it and the states also did not agree - now the EU Commission is canceling a proposed environmental protection law.

The EU Commission's goal was to significantly restrict the use of pesticides in the coming years. However, the proposal was rejected in the EU Parliament in November. And there are also debates among the EU states. Von der LeyEN wants to develop a new proposal However, von der Leyen announced that the topic was not off the table.