The EU Pollinators Initiative launched by the EU in June 2018 is insufficient to save bees and other pollinators, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee stressed on Tuesday 3 December, in a draft resolution calling for much more radical urgent measures.
The text, adopted by an overwhelming majority (60 votes in favour, none against, 1 abstention), calls for the reduction of pesticide use to become a key element of the future common agricultural policy in order to help further...