The conservative European People's Party (EPP) group in the European Parliament is opposing the European Commission's Green Deal initiative, which seeks large reductions in pesticide usage. The group is seeking less severe targets, justifying its stance on what it sees as a growing threat to food security. The EPP is the largest single bloc in the European Parliament. The group says that the Commission's Green Deal proposals are cutting production and making investments insecure. Unsustainable cuts of plant protection products without realistic alternatives means a significant cut of the yields, it adds.
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