What will the EU do? Next week, the European Commission will agree to consider the possibilities Import ban food products containing forbidden pesticides in the European Union. The ban may include, for example, the import of cultivated in USA Soy – says The Financial Times, which refers to its sources.
“We get bright signals”: The European Union prohibits the use of many pesticides, although the Health Agency has ruled that the consumption of some in small quantities is safe for health. Food and Safety Commission Olivar Varhelyi said pesticides containing carcinogens, mutagenas or substances that disturb the functioning of the endocrine system They should not be allowed For EU trading, even if they are legally used in crops in the country of origin. One of such substances is parakwat – Herbicide forbidden in the European Union, but used in the US, among others in soy cultivation. – We get very bright signals from parliament, also from the Member States and our farmers: Everything that is forbidden in the EU should be banned in the EUeven if it concerns imported products, ”emphasized Varhelyi.
Summit in Paris: On Monday, February 17, European is to be held Summit on Ukraine. Keith Kellogg, a special envoy of the US President Donald Trump to Ukraine, said on Saturday in Munich that “Europe will be consulted, but ultimately excluded From planned peace conversations between Russia, the USA and Ukraine. “
US Vice President about Europe: JD Vance suggested on Friday at the Munich Safety Conference that the United States could send army to Ukraine, if Russia does not negotiate in good faith. He also talked about Europe. – Dangerthat worries me when I think about Europe is not Russia, no Chinaor any other external power. What worries me is a threat internal he said.
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Sources: The Financial Times, Gazeta.pl