EU Countries Fail to Agree on Extending Glyphosate Approval
European Union governments failed on Friday to give a decisive opinion on a proposal to extend by 10 years EU approval for the use of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Bayer AG’s Roundup weedkiller, reports Reuters.
A “qualified majority” of 15 countries representing at least 65% of the bloc’s population had been required either to support or to block the proposal.
The European Commission said in a statement there was no qualified majority either way in a vote by a committee of the EU’s 27 members.
EU governments will try again in the first half of November when another failure to produce a clear opinion would leave the decision with the European Commission.
A decision is needed by December 14 as the current approval expires the following day.
The previous time glyphosate’s license came up for re-approval, the EU gave it a five-year extension after EU countries twice failed to support a 10-year period.
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