Due to continuing divisions between the Agriculture and Environmental Ministries, the German government was unable to reach an agreement on the draft of a Insect Protection Act (ISG) on Wednesday (16 December). EURACTIV Germany reports.
Passed by the cabinet in September 2019, Germany’s “Action Programme for Insect Protection” envisioned a complete ban on glyphosates by the end of 2023 with a “systematic reduction strategy” in place for 2020.
However, deep disagreements between Julia Klöckner’s Agriculture Ministry (BMEL) and Svenja Schulze’s Environment Ministry (BMU) have pushed the negotiations into 2021, after the two failed to reach an agreement on a common draft during Wednesday’s cabinet meeting.