Today the European Commission presented their formal reply to the 1,1 million citizens who signed the European Citizens' Initiative “Save Bees and Farmers”.
Save Bees and Farmers' coordinating NGOs publish today a Press Release and a Fact Check to call the EU authorities for constructive negotiations, based on scientific evidence.
On March 1st 2023, Save Bees and Farmers has adressed an open letter to Norbert Lins, Chair of the Agriculture Committee of the European Parliament. We expressed our deep concern about the delay of the parliamentary decision-making process on the proposal for a regulation on the sustainable use of …
We have compiled the highlights of the official hearing of the Save Bees and Farmers citizens' initiative at the European Parliament, on 24 January, 2023, in a short video (below the programme). The speeches of some of the experts who presented our demands are also available to download.
On Tuesday, January 24th, an important hearing will take place in the EU Parliament. The demands of 1,1 million Europeans who signed the Save Bees and Farmers citizens initiative will be presented.
A delegation of representatives from the 'Save Bees and Farmers' citizens' initiative brought our demands to the EU Commission. You can read the transcript of our message in the document linked below.
On Friday 25 November, representatives of the European Citizens Initiative Save Bees and Farmers delivered a clear message to Vice-President Jourová and Commissioner Kyriakides: we want an end to the war against nature. To restore biodiversity and protect citizens' health, the use of synthetic …
Friday 25 November at 15:00 civil society formally knocks on the door of the EU institutions. Representatives of the European Citizens Initiative Save Bees and Farmers will deliver a clear message to commissioners Jourová and Kyriakides: we want an end to the war against nature.
The ‘Save bees and farmers! Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy environment' initiative has become the seventh successful European Citizens' Initiative (ECI). It has reached over one million statements of support from EU citizens, the organisers confirmed.
Vous vous êtes exprimé(e) avec l’ICE Sauvons les abeilles et les agriculteurs. Avec 1,2 million d’Européennes et d’Européens, nous avons fait passer un message important : arrêtez d’empoisonner notre environnement et de mettre notre santé en danger.
La Comisión Europea ha presentado una propuesta para reducir el uso de pesticidas. Este nuevo reglamento es un paso adelante, pero los objetivos propuestos son demasiado débiles. Con el instrumento Shake tu politico, puedes participar en la consulta pública hasta el 19 de septiembre 2022. Puedes …
On June 22nd the EU Commission will present a proposal for a new pesticide reduction regulation. This European law should reduce pesticide use and risk by 50% in 2030. It sounds good, but it is not enough nor new.
Mientras siguen llegando firmas en el último día para apoyar la Iniciativa Ciudadana Europea (ICE) "Salvemos a las Abejas y a los Agricultores", sus partidarios consideran que están cerca de un éxito histórico. Si esta ICE es validada por la Comisión europea, tanto ésta como el Parlamento europeo …
Relaunch of the signature collection of the European Citizens' Initiative to reinforce the objectives of the EU Strategies "Farm to Fork" and "Biodiversity 2030" and ask for a coherent renewal of the National Pesticide Action Plan.
While the European Commission proposes to ban outdoor uses of 3 bee-toxic pesticides (sulfoxaflor, benfluralin and cypermethrin), European Member States oppose to removing them from the market. This situation happens constantly: while the Commission tries to implement the law and protect bees or …
The goals to protect biodiversity set in the European Green Deal are facing strong political headwinds. This has recently become apparent in negotiations on the Common European Agricultural Policy (CAP) as Member States decided not to link agricultural subsidies to the reduction of pesticide use. …
Last month, a majority of Members of the European Parliament voted in favour of a disappointing CAP deal, that is shamefully more than insufficient to face the climate and biodiversity crises and change our unsustainable farming model. This is why the alliance behind the ECI Save Bees and Farmers …
The new Common Agricultural Policy for the next seven years will be voted in October in the European Parliament. Why is it such an important moment for bees, biodiversity and farmers?
On the occasion of Germany taking over the the EU Council Presidency, the European Citizens' Initiative "Save Bees and Farmers" demands that their voices will be heard during the negotiations on the reform of the next Common Agricultural Policy.
All of us from the European Citizens' Initiative, are happy to present the new animation videos we have produced to explain why this ECI is necessary and why it is so important to sign it and share.
(English) Once again, in Spain, pesticide sprayings are currently being carried out on roadside ditches, despite the fact that this is precisely the time when nature is abloom and bees and other pollinators are very active.
Today is the day when we are celebrating bees around the world to remind people how important they are, as pollinators pollinate more than 80% of wild plants and contribute to the preservation of biodiversity. It is coincidentally the day the European Commission has published the Farm-to-Fork as …
Wednesday the 20th is World Bee Day. Bees are celebrated around the world to remind people how important they are for man- and womankind because honeybees provide us with honey but above all because bees pollinate more than 80% of wild plants and contribute to the preservation of biodiversity. …
Two important documents, including pesticide reduction targets, were meant to be published by the EU Commission earlier this year, but were postponed to 29/04 and then to probably 20/05, asa result of the massive lobbying efforts by the conventional farmers lobby. Progressively, leaked versions of …
Today, the ECI has reached the minimum required signature threshold in Austria (13.500), after Germany (72.000) in early January and Belgium (15.750) at the beginning of February. This is the third European member state to reach its required threshold!
Today 87 organisations, as supporters of the European Citizens Initiative “Save Bees and Farmers!” have sent a letter to the Executive Vice President of the EU Commission, Mr Timmermans, to make sure that the European Green Deal cuts pesticides and switches to agroecology.
Today, organisations from across Europe jointly submitted the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) "Save Bees and Farmers!" to the European Commission in Brussels.
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