Last time the EU tried banning pesticides it did nothing to help with bee populations. These regulators have no clue what they're doing.
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2015/01/27/pests-invade-e...
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2015/01/27/pests-invade-e...
If you open the original Guardian article, you have to look no further than the third paragraph to read why the EU concluded that the previous ban was not enough.