In 2018, after the release of the Monsanto Papers, we pushed for a special committee that could assess the authorisation procedure of pesticides in Europe. Our hard 9-month work led to the adoption of a key report, which will dramatically improve the current pesticides authorisation system and protect citizens’ health and food safety. S&D Chair Eric Andrieu takes you inside the committee’s work, and tells us how the industry might have insidiously tried to influence his actions.