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France abstains from EU vote on extending use of glyphosate pesticide

A farmer ploughs a field in Luxembourg – one of the three EU member states that voted against extending the use of glyphosate for another 10 years. AFP - KENZO TRIBOUILLARD

EU governments have failed to reach agreement on extending the use of the controversial herbicide glyphosate for another decade, after France joined several countries in abstaining from a vote on the matter.

The bloc’s 27 member states voted Friday on whether to renew the use of glyphosate – the most widely used herbicide in the EU and an active ingredient in Bayer AG’s Roundup weedkiller – for another 10 years.

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