World News

Euroviews. The week that was: how one individual can change the world | View

Welcome to our weekly round-up of all the prevailing opinions shared on View over the last seven days.

21/12/2018

World News

Euroviews. EU bans on pesticides and GMOs will lead to a food crisis | View

Europe is sleepwalking into a food crisis and politicians are doing nothing to stop it.

20/12/2018

France

France suspends use of popular pesticide after farm workers fall ill

The three-month ban comes after several cases of poisoning involving staff and residents living on farms were reported in the last two weeks alone.

27/10/2018

Spain

Which EU countries consume the most pesticides?

Four EU countries accounted for 79% of pesticide sales in 2016, according to data released Monday by statistics body Eurostat.

15/10/2018

France

French village cut from water supply for two years due to pesticides

At first glance, the small town of Etais-La-Sauvin, some 200 kms south of Paris, is your typical French village — except that soil pollution has deprived its inhabitants of drinkable running water for more than two years.

22/08/2018

France

Beekeepers mourn declining bee numbers

At a mock funeral in Paris, beekeepers called on the government to come to the rescue and take urgent action to stave off an ecological disaster

07/06/2018

World News

European court upholds pesticide ban

A European court has upheld a partial ban on three insecticides, saying the European Commission had been right to restrict their use to protect bees.

17/05/2018

France

French report raises spectre of imminent "silent spring"

Report reveals flying insect population crash due to pesticides, resulting in a third of the bird population disappearing from lack of food, with some less common species suffering 90% declines.

21/03/2018