Dear Commissioner Roswall,
Dear Commissioner Várhelyi,
On the occasion of World Bee Day, we wish to draw your urgent attention to several matters that require immediate action if the European Union is to uphold its commitments to protecting pollinators. Indeed, one of the primary drivers of their decline being the continued authorisation and use of harmful pesticides; further action is needed.
Despite a comprehensive legal framework, bees and other pollinators remain gravely threatened by pesticide exposure, largely due to persistent procedural delays. The latter have hindered the effective implementation of the very safeguards designed to protect them. Two distinct but interrelated regulatory failures now require decisive intervention.
