German Minister Casts Doubt on Glyphosate's Future Use in Europe
A flask of glyphosate herbicide during research at the Bayer CropScience LP laboratories in Frankfurt.
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German Agriculture Minister Julia Kloeckner said glyphosate herbicide probably won’t have enough support to gain re-authorization for use in the European Union after 2022.
Germany shouldn’t follow Austria, whose parliament recently voted to ban products containing glyphosate, Kloeckner said in an interview with Der Tagesspiegel, pointing out that the EU’s clearance of the chemical lasts through 2022. German politicians are instead working on plans to find safe alternatives to it, said Kloeckner, a Christian Democrat.