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    EU Extends Use Of Controversial Weedkiller After German Minister Switches Vote

    Angela Merkel chided her agriculture minister for flipping his vote on use of the weedkiller glyphosate — a move that angered German allies and endangered Merkel's coalition-building efforts at home.
    by Camila Domonoske Nov 28, 2017 2 minutes
    A tractor spreads chemicals on a field near Prenzlau, Germany, in 2016. Germany ended a stalemate among member states of the European Union, approving an extension of the herbicide glyphosate, which is widely used in large-scale farming.

    The controversial herbicide glyphosate will be permitted in the European Union for five more years, after Germany's agriculture minister changed his vote — a move that angered Germany's allies and threatened internal coalition-building, while satisfying European farmers who had worried about a threat to their business.

    Glyphosate, also known as Roundup, is widely used in large-scale.

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