#beeCoherent Awards for MEP Candidates Championing Bees

With elections for the European Parliament just around the corner, citizens are preparing to shape Europe's future. At BeeLife, we stand for a well-informed democracy. That is why we recently presented a BeeCoherent score, measuring the performance of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on some of the most pressing legislative bills impacting bees. MEPs' work directly impacts the European landscape, the environment, and biodiversity, making your vote on this 6-9 June crucial.

To highlight MEPs committed to shaping a bee-friendly Europe, we present the #beeCoherent Awards. This award is granted to MEPs who are once more candidates for the European elections for their legislative work to ensure that Europe protects bees and fulfils its commitment to 'halt and reverse the decline of pollinators'. Awarded MEPs have proven to act according to their environmental commitments concerning bees.

(See the complete list of award recipients below)

Before the elections, we celebrate these champions of bees in the EU and hope their work will continue and inspire others in the 2024-2029 legislature.

For detractors of measures that will help protect bees and other pollinators (MEPs with lower BeeCoherent scores), we at BeeLife reiterate our commitment to working together. We support scientific-based policies and will continue to present fact-based arguments for efficient and safe policies that ensure bees and pollinators can fulfil their essential role in maintaining healthy ecosystems, a fair agriculture and a healthy Europe.

(Sample of BeeCoherent Award Certificates)

Recently, we launched a series of pledges for candidates for the European Parliament to commit to pollinator-friendly policies. These pledges are not just promises but a roadmap towards a Europe with healthy fields, sustainable and fair agriculture, and thriving pollinators.

(Are you a candidate? Sign the pledges.) 

(Are you a concerned citizen? Find out if your candidate has signed the pledges to #beeCoherent for a pollinator-friendly future. If not, share it with them and ask them to commit to work for our bees!).

#BeeCoherent Awardees (2019-2024 MEPs & returning candidates for 2024-2025):

Photo and BeeCoherent Score	Group	First Name	Last Name	Party	Country
	S&D	Hannes	HEIDE	Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs	Austria
	S&D	Evelyn	REGNER	Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs	Austria
	S&D	Andreas	SCHIEDER	Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs	Austria
	S&D	Günther	SIDL	Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs	Austria
	Verts/ALE	Thomas	WAITZ	Die Grünen - Die Grüne Alternative	Austria
	The Left	Marc	BOTENGA	Parti du Travail de Belgique	Belgium
	Verts/ALE	Saskia	BRICMONT	Ecologistes Confédérés pour l'Organisation de Luttes Originales	Belgium
	Verts/ALE	Sara	MATTHIEU	Groen	Belgium
	NA	Tsvetelina	PENKOVA	Bulgarian Socialist Party	Bulgaria
	S&D	Biljana	BORZAN	Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske	Croatia
	S&D	Predrag Fred	MATIĆ	Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske	Croatia
	S&D	Tonino	PICULA	Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske	Croatia
	NA	Niyazi	KIZILYÜREK	Progressive Party of Working People - Left - New Forces	Cyprus
	NA	Sirpa	PIETIKÄINEN	Kansallinen Kokoomus	Finland
	The Left	Leila	CHAIBI	La France Insoumise	France
	S&D	Pierre	LARROUTUROU	Nouvelle Donne	France
	Verts/ALE	Damien	CARÊME	Europe Écologie	France
	The Left	Manon	AUBRY	La France Insoumise	France
	Verts/ALE	Marie	TOUSSAINT	Europe Écologie	France
	The Left	Emmanuel	MAUREL	Gauche républicaine et socialiste	France
	S&D	Pascal	DURAND	Liste Renaissance	France
	Verts/ALE	Benoît	BITEAU	Europe Écologie	France
	Verts/ALE	David	CORMAND	Europe Écologie	France
	Verts/ALE	Caroline	ROOSE	Europe Écologie	France
	Verts/ALE	Mounir	SATOURI	Europe Écologie	France
	The Left	Marina	MESURE	La France Insoumise	France
	Verts/ALE	Claude	GRUFFAT	Europe Écologie	France
	Verts/ALE	Malte	GALLÉE	Bündnis 90/Die Grünen	Germany
	Verts/ALE	Manuela	RIPA	Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei	Germany
	Verts/ALE	Anna	DEPARNAY-GRUNENBERG	Bündnis 90/Die Grünen	Germany
	Verts/ALE	Katrin	LANGENSIEPEN	Bündnis 90/Die Grünen	Germany
	Verts/ALE	Erik	MARQUARDT	Bündnis 90/Die Grünen	Germany
	The Left	Martin	SCHIRDEWAN	DIE LINKE.	Germany
	Verts/ALE	Anna	CAVAZZINI	Bündnis 90/Die Grünen	Germany
	NI	Martin	SONNEBORN	Die PARTEI	Germany
	S&D	Maria	NOICHL	Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands	Germany
	Verts/ALE	Rasmus	ANDRESEN	Bündnis 90/Die Grünen	Germany
	Verts/ALE	Daniel	FREUND	Bündnis 90/Die Grünen	Germany
	Verts/ALE	Alexandra	GEESE	Bündnis 90/Die Grünen	Germany
	Verts/ALE	Terry	REINTKE	Bündnis 90/Die Grünen	Germany
	NA	Konstantinos	ARVANITIS	Coalition of the Radical Left	Greece
	The Left	Luke Ming	FLANAGAN	Independent	Ireland
	The Left	Clare	DALY	Independents for change	Ireland
	The Left	Mick	WALLACE	Independents for change	Ireland
	Verts/ALE	Ciarán	CUFFE	Green Party	Ireland
	Verts/ALE	Grace	O'SULLIVAN	Green Party	Ireland
	Renew	Sophia	IN 'T VELD	Independent	Netherlands
	Verts/ALE	Tineke	STRIK	GroenLinks	Netherlands
	Verts/ALE	Kim	VAN SPARRENTAK	GroenLinks	Netherlands
	S&D	Włodzimierz	CIMOSZEWICZ	Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy	Poland
	NA	Łukasz	KOHUT	Nowa Lewica	Poland
	NA	Nicolae	ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ	Independent	Romania
	Renew	Martin	HOJSÍK	Progresívne Slovensko	Slovakia
	Verts/ALE	Jordi	SOLÉ	Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya	Spain
	Verts/ALE	Ernest	URTASUN	Catalunya en Comú	Spain
	NA	Malin	BJÖRK	Vänsterpartiet	Sweden
	Verts/ALE	Pär	HOLMGREN	Miljöpartiet de gröna	Sweden
	S&D	Johan	DANIELSSON	Arbetarepartiet- Socialdemokraterna	Sweden
	Verts/ALE	Alice	KUHNKE	Miljöpartiet de gröna	Sweden
	Verts/ALE	Jakop G.	DALUNDE	Miljöpartiet de gröna	Sweden

Notes:

• Eligible MEPs were selected above the threshold of 90 BeeCoherent Score.

• For more information about the score, visit https://bee-life.mepwatch.eu/methodology.html