Activities of Michèle RIVASI related to 2023/2720(RSP)
Institutional motions (1)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the revised Pollinators Initiative – A new deal for pollinators
Amendments (8)
Amendment 6 #
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 14 October 2020 entitled ‘Chemical Strategy for Sustainability - Towards a Toxic-Free Environment’ (COM(2020)0667),
Amendment 21 #
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the European Citizens Initiative ‘Save bees and farmers! Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy environment’ calls on the Commission to propose legal acts to phase out synthetic pesticides in EU agriculture by 80% by 2030, starting with the most hazardous, and to become free of synthetic by 2035, to restore natural ecosystems in agricultural areas so that farming becomes a vector of biodiversity recovery, to reform agriculture by prioritising small scale, diverse and sustainable farming, supporting a rapid increase in agro-ecological and organic practice, and for enabling independent farmer-based training and research into pesticide- and GMO-free farming;
Amendment 62 #
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the need for an independent network of trained advisors on pollinator conservation in agricultural areas; proposes that such a network could be set up and coordinated through the EU Pollinators Initiative, to ensure dissemination and effective implementation of pollinator-friendly measures;
Amendment 63 #
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses that the EU rapidly needs to reduce the use of pesticides and move to ecological farming and a sustainable food system, in order to reduce the immense costs resulting from the harmful effects on human and animal health and in order to drastically reduce the burden on the environment, including notably pollinators;
Amendment 71 #
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Reiterates the crucial importance of protecting bees and other pollinators against the harmful effects of pesticides and biocides;
Amendment 79 #
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges the Commission to take further action to rapidly reduce the MRLs of all neonicotinoids and fipronil to the LOD and to refuse all current and requested import tolerances for all products containing residues of these harmful pesticides and biocides;
Amendment 134 #
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Amendment 160 #
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Suggests to the Commission to include all the wild pollinator species in the taxonomic platform projects Orbit and Taxofly, rather than to limit it to bees and hoverflies only;