In order to call on the European Union to [take actions aimed at] “[p]rotecting and restoring Europe’s wild pollinators and their habitats”, the European Environment Agency (EEA) published a brief on Wednesday, 18 June—the eve of a debate in the European Parliament on the subject (see EUROPE B13663A25).
In the press release for its brief, the EEA established that “[a]round 80% of EU crop and wildflower species rely on insect pollination”—while estimating the economic...