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Hosted by the NGOs PAN Europe, Beelife (tbc), and Pollinis (tbc), along with MEPs César Luena (S&D) and Sebastian Everding (The Left), this event will bring together scientists, policymakers, and stakeholders to address the urgent lack of protection for bees and other vital arthropods in the EU from the effects of pesticides.
Date: Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Time: 12:00 - 14:30 CET
Location: European Parliament and online
Language: English
Programme:
12:00 - 12:15 Opening remarks:
- Host MEPs César Luena and Sebastian Everding
- Moderator tbc
- Pollinis representative
12:15 - 12:50: Section 1: State of play on the protection of bees in the EU
- Why is pollination so important? (10 min)
Topics: Importance of a multi-species pollination and its benefits + study presentation (article in Nature on bumblebee fertility & pesticide exposure).
Speaker (scientist/professor): Marie-Pierre Chauzat or Mark J. F. Brown (tbc)
- The Bee Guidance Document Saga: 12 years later, still not implemented! (8 min)
Speaker: Noa Simon Delso, Scientific Director and Project Manager at BeeLife.
- Neonicotinoid - abuse of derogations in Romania (8 min)
Speaker: Constantin Dobrescu (Romapis Vice-president)
- Q&A: 10 min
12:50 - 13:00: Comfort / coffee Break
13:00 - 13:40: Section 2: Arthropods must be protected
- Arthropods and their services to agriculture and ecosystems (12min)
Topics: Roles (why they are essential), true “ecosystem” services, susceptibility to pesticides.
Speaker (scientist/professor): Dave Goulson
- German Environment Agency’s (UBA) perspective on the protection of arthropods in the EU / the guidance document on NTA (10 min)
Speaker: UBA representative (tbc)
- Urgent need for a science-based and independent upgrade of the Guidance Document on non-target arthropods (8 min)
Speaker: PAN Europe representative
- Q&A (10 min)
13:40 - 14:10: Panel discussion
- DG SANTE (8 min statement) – Claire Bury (tbc)
- German Environment Agency representative (tbc)
- Marie-Pierre Chauzat, ANSES (tbc)
- PAN Europe representative
- Romanian Beekeepers Association, Constantin Dobrescu
14:10 - 14:25: Concluding remarks
- Chair / Host MEPs
- PAN Europe representative
- Final reflections
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