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It is a great success for the initiators of the referendum "Save the bees": their demands are to become law. "We take the text of the referendum one on one," said the Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder after deliberations of the ruling factions of CSU and free voters in Munich. There could still be some corrections and clarifications. The initiators of the referendum had themselves admitted that some technical issues could be improved.
The bill on the basis of the referendum should be part of a larger package for more environmental and species protection in Bavaria, Söder continued. "We do not do things by halves when it comes to ecology." The implementation of the package will also cost money. Söder spoke about 75 million euros.
A complete success
In January and February, more than 1.7 million people, or 18.3 percent of all eligible voters, had agreed to the referendum. On Twitter, the supporters celebrate that their demands become a law as a complete success.
The referendum calls for a significant reduction of pesticides in Bavaria, more flowering meadows are to be created and organic farming is to be legally prescribed. After the referendum, a round table had been set up, also because farmers felt marginalized. Despite previous great skepticism, the Bavarian farmers' associations had accepted the demands but in the end for the most part. If the state parliament in Bavaria agrees to the bill of the people's petition, no referendum would be necessary.
lh / sti (dpa, afp)
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