European Parliament Votes Against New Pesticide Restrictions

The European Parliament voted last week to reject a proposed sustainable pesticides regulation that could set new limits on imported agricultural goods and food products, along with other pesticide-related bans (see 2310260029). Parliament said 299 members voted against the proposal, 207 supported it and 121 abstained. “With this vote, Parliament has effectively rejected the Commission proposal and closed its first reading,” the legislative body said in a news release. It added that the European Council must still decide “on its own position on the proposal to determine whether it is definitively rejected or returns to Parliament for a second reading.”