Monsanto-Bayer

Italy has given a favorable opinion to the European Commission's proposal to extend the use of the herbicide glyphosate for another 10 years.However, overall, a majority was not reached necessary for the green light.The contrary position of Austria, Croatia and Luxembourg weighed heavily, as did the abstention of Germany, France, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Netherlands and Malta.The extension of the authorization of the debated pesticide it has therefore been averted for now.For now.EU states will in fact be invited to vote on the appeal again in November.In this circumstance, the EU executive may modify the proposal, but if the qualified majority is not reached, it will be up to the European Commission to decide autonomously. The request for extension was made by a group of European chemical multinationals with strong commercial interests against the most used herbicide in the world, such as Bayer, Syngenta and Nufarm.Request which was then accepted and formalized by the EU Commission on t...