France will push for “an accelerated phase-out of pesticides” at the EU level when it takes on the rotating EU Council Presidency in January 2022, President Emmanuel Macron told the World Conservation Congress which opened in Marseille this week. During the opening ceremony of the World Conservation Congress, Macron made
The world’s most widely used insecticides will be banned from all fields within six months, to protect both wild and honeybees that are vital to crop pollination. The European Union will ban the world’s most widely used insecticides from all fields due to the serious danger they pose to bees.
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) is to carry out an audit of organic food in the EU in response to growing retail sales within the sector that leaves the industry open to fraudulent organic claims. The audit is an update to the ECA’s last inspection in 2012, during which
The aim of the EU-China Tourism Year (ECTY) is to increase the number of Chinese visitors to Europe, whilst encouraging sustainable tourism and stimulating investment opportunities for Europe and China through a number of cooperative marketing campaigns. These campaigns will be funded through public-private partnerships, business summits, and around 5000
To celebrate Europe Day in the weeks leading up to the European elections, the EU institution opened their doors to the public this Saturday, May 17 in Brussels. There was a participation of 36 communities from all over the European Union and it held activities such as visits, debates, concerts
