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"As a signatory to the alternative resolution to Mr Tabajdi’s report on honeybee health and the challenges of the beekeeping sector, I can only deplore the vote cast at noon today by the European Parliament. A vote that gives priority to the interests of fertiliser and pesticide producers to the detriment of honeybee colonies that are disappearing from many regions in Europe. The European Parliament, however, has a pressing duty to provide better protection for honeybees and other pollinator species that are so important to the planet and biodiversity. Indeed, the explanatory statement says it all: ‘84% of the plant species and 76% of food production in Europe are dependent on pollination by bees, the economic value of which is much greater than the value of the honey produced and is estimated at EUR 15 billion per year in the EU’.
This is why I am still hopeful that a true plan for European support will be adopted, opening up a real future for the beekeeping industry. To do so, it is essential to ban the most toxic neonicotinoid pesticides and to propose a new agricultural model based on crop rotation and the measured use of pesticides."@en1
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