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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union governments failed on Friday to give a decisive opinion on a proposal to extend by 10 years EU approval for the use of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Bayer AG's Roundup weedkiller. A "qualified majority" of 15 countries representing at least 65% of the bloc's population had been required either to support or to block the proposal. The European Commission said in a statement there was no qualified majority either way in a vote by a co...

The EU failed Friday to agree extending the use of glyphosate -- a weedkiller the WHO fears could be carcinogenic -- because of division among the bloc's 27 member countries, a European Commission spokesman said.If that committee failed to resolve the matter before current EU authorisation for glyphosate ends on December 15, the commission has the power to go ahead and decide whether or not to extend its use, he said.

Ukraine expressed optimism on Thursday that a stand-off with neighbouring EU countries that have imposed measures to restrict imports of Ukrainian agricultural products could be resolved, though probably not before a Polish election this month. Poland, Slovakia and Hungary announced restrictions on Ukrainian grain imports last month after the executive European Commission decided not to extend a ban on imports into Ukraine's five EU neighbours. The issue has been a rare source of tension ...

Children who fled Ukraine for EU countries following Russia's all-out war struggle with language barriers, disrupted education, and psychological trauma, the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) reported on Sept. 29.

In the last two weeks, Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, and Poland have implemented entry bans on Russian-registered vehicles.

Spain's Agriculture Minister Luis Planas Puchades said on Sept. 18 that unilateral bans by EU countries on importing Ukrainian grain may be illegal, Reuters reported.

A total of 22 out of the 27 EU countries are against calls from Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Slovakia to extend an import ban on Ukrainian grain beyond mid-September, four EU diplomats told POLITICO on Sept. 6.

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Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs, considers unacceptable the intentions of individual EU countries to extend the restrictions on the import of Ukrainian grain after 15 September. Source: Dmytro Kuleba in an interview with France24, writes European Pravda Quote: "It is unacceptable, and the demand coming from certain countries to extend the application of EU restrictions beyond 15th of September also goes against their own interests.