No Full Impact Assessment for Open-Ended Pesticide Approvals
The rules that decide which weedkillers and insecticides stay on the EU market are being rewritten, and the Commission chose not to…

Niels Halberg is editor of In Fokus at ExtraFokus.eu, the section for the stories that call for perspective rather than updates. He writes concise, precise analyses of European and global events and steps in across sections when a case needs an extra hand. His strength lies in connecting seemingly separate events and finding the pattern that only becomes visible from a distance.
In FokusThe rules that decide which weedkillers and insecticides stay on the EU market are being rewritten, and the Commission chose not to…
In FokusA border guard in Poland or Finland can count on EU money for border surveillance. A person held at the same border…
In FokusIf your government ignores an EU recommendation on judges, corruption or journalists, nothing happens automatically. The European Commission’s annual Rule of Law…
In FokusEurope’s gas storage was about 72.4% full on 3 October, the lowest for that date since records began in 2011, according to…
In FokusIf you run a small game studio in Europe, the EU Kids Act applies to you, and the European Commission cannot tell…
Niels Halberg is editor of In Fokus at ExtraFokus.eu, the section for the stories that call for perspective rather than updates.
He writes concise, precise analyses of European and global events and steps in across sections when a case needs an extra hand. His strength lies in connecting seemingly separate events and finding the pattern that only becomes visible from a distance.