# Commission renews glyphosate for ten years against a stricter Green Deal pesticide line

Date: 2023

On 16 November 2023 the Commission renewed glyphosate’s approval for ten years after member states failed to reach a qualified majority. [Timmermans](/people/env-frans-timmermans) had already left. Farm to Fork’s pesticide-reduction aims sat in the Green Deal he built. Renewal is a completed chemical-approval act.

## People

- Frans Timmermans: https://factrail.ai/people/frans-timmermans

## Drivers

- Decarbonization and climate-mitigation policy: https://factrail.ai/drivers/env-decarbonization-policy

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-commission-renew-glyphosate-10-years-2023-11-16/
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32023R2660

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-glyphosate-renewal-2023