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"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, protecting bees means protecting all pollinating insects, agriculture, the environment and the ecosystem. I have abstained from voting on the resolution of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development because it is incomplete and not effective enough. The use of neonicotinoid pesticides to treat maize seeds in agriculture has led to the destruction of millions of bees. In Italy, we have experienced losses of between 30% and 70% of hives, causing serious damage to beekeepers, bees and the environment. In the two years that Italy has prohibited the use of these pesticides, two important results have come about: the bee population has recovered, and it has been demonstrated that maize production has not diminished without the use of pesticides. Today’s resolution has been a missed opportunity to call for the banishment across Europe of neonicotinoid pesticides. Europe should undertake to defend this most important natural asset on a wider scale and with greater conviction. Albert Einstein said, ‘If all the bees died, man would have four years to live’."@en1
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