Neo News is Good News?

I'm confused.

Eighteen months ago the EU introduced a two year ban on the use of neonicotinoids. At the time Syngenta, one of the three drug cartels that sell neonicotinoid seeds [others being Monsanto and Bayer] launched an appeal against the ban but had to abandon it as they ran out of time.

Despite the ban, the regulations have allowed farmers in Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Romania and Bulgaria the emergency use of neonicotinoid seed treatments. Oddly Denmark and Estonia had voted in favour of the ban.

In the UK the National Farmers Union made a request to Defra in May to grant an emergency authorisation so farmers can use neonicotinoid-treated seed when planting rape this summer.
On the 3^rd July this request was refused.

On the other side of the Atlantic the Nice Americans, or Canadians as they are known, have agreed a neonicotinoid ban in Ontario.
This is the first time in North America this has happened but it's unlikely to spread south of the border as Monsanto have learnt  the lesson of the American financial industry – ‘Don’t fight regulators, become the regulator’, and have adopted a revolving door policy with the FDA notably having Michael R Taylor, an ex-Monsanto Executive, as Deputy Commissioner for Foods at the United States Food and Drug Administration.

So we have: -

“We’re not convinced that the science against the use of neonicotinoids and their effect on bees is robust enough.”   ‘While it is obvious that insecticides can kill insects, reviews like this, and others published recently, make it clear that there is still no compelling evidence that under field conditions, the approved use of neonicotinoids is causing significant harm to bee populations.’

‘A growing body of scientific evidence shows that neonicotinoid insecticides are highly toxic to honey bees and other beneficial insects.’ ‘A recent review of 800 peer-reviewed scientific papers by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Task Force on Systemic Pesticides indicated that neonicotinoid insecticides are having impacts on pollinators and other organisms such as birds, earthworms, and aquatic invertebrates.’

So I look forward to a considered 'science based' discussion as to whether or not the ban will be continued.
However as scientific opinion can be bought by the yard, it'll be down to money and influence and  the drug cartels have plenty of both.

In the UK, I have little doubt that the Government, who now don't even have to pretend to listen to the Lib Dems, will vote against the ban.
After all, on 5th June Defra said 'At present the body of evidence does not show that neonicitinoids pose an unacceptable risk to bees'.
Perhaps they only do in Ontario?