BeeLife met with Alisa Tiganj, Cabinet Expert for Agriculture and Food in the team of Commissioner Hansen, to address key priorities for the beekeeping sector and for a sustainable European agriculture.

Recent years have shown us how quickly deregulation trends can undermine years of progress, whether it’s the relaxation of rules on pesticide reduction or questionable policy decisions that directly harm beekeeping businesses.

Under the pretext of “simplifying” EU legislation, the European Commission is considering revising or even weakening some of the key frameworks that ensure the safety of our food and the protection of our environment.

From September 26 to 28, Brussels hosted the first session of the Young Citizens Assembly on Pollinators, an initiative giving young Europeans a central role in shaping the future of biodiversity and food security.

Pollinating EU: A Collective Call for a Pollinator-Friendly Future. We brought together scientists, policymakers, legal experts, and civil society representatives to address one crucial question: How can we secure a pollinator-friendly Europe?

On this page, you'll find our agenda of events. Come and meet our team, learn about our ongoing advocacy work, and discover how we're working to protect bees and beekeepers across Europe.

BeeLife, representing the European beekeeping community, raises serious concerns about the European Commission’s legislative proposal and the Council’s position on the regulation of plants developed with new genomic techniques (NGTs).

On 22 September, the day before the official opening of Apimondia, the initiative Pollinating EU will host a special side event at the Danish Parliament, a high-level conference focused on the future of bees, pollinators.

BeeLife is calling on IUCN to support a moratorium on genetic engineering in wild species. Releasing genetically modified organisms into natural ecosystems poses unquantifiable risks to biodiversity, pollinators, and food safety.

On 16 July 2025, the European Commission presented its proposal for the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2028–2034, totalling nearly EUR 2 trillion. The proposed CAP framework introduces significant changes.

As the European Commission proposed a renewed trade agreement with Ukraine, allowing up to 35,000 tons of duty-free honey imports annually, questions are emerging about how this decision aligns with the EU’s broader commitments to supporting European beekeeping, food safety, and the EU’s internal market priorities.

European agriculture is undergoing a moment of reckoning. Caught between rising environmental challenges - climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss and economic pressures such as non-EU market dependency - and unfair global competition, farmers across the continent are demanding dignity, fairness, and a seat at the decision-making table.