The European Commission will withdraw a controversial legal proposal to cut pesticide use, the commission’s president said on Tuesday. The draft law “has become a symbol of polarization,” Ursula von der Leyen said in a speech to the European Parliament. “To move forward, more dialogue and a different approach is needed.” The proposed law would have required farmers in the European Union to halve their use of chemical pesticides, as part of a broader plan to reform agriculture. As von der Leyen addressed the European Parliament in Strasbourg, farmers outside the building protested EU red tape, …