Macron talks environment minister out of quitting over pesticide U-turn
- France's environment minister, Monique Barbut, will remain in her post, given the "urgency" to act on climate change, after submitting her resignation to President Emmanuel Macron over a bill to reintroduce bee-harming pesticides, her team said Wednesday.
- Issued on: 22/07/2026 - 15:18 2 min Reading time Barbut submitted her resignation to Macron on Wednesday morning after parliament backed the restricted reintroduction of two insecticides banned in France since 2018 but allowed in the European Union.
- Resignation refused "Contrary to the commitments that had been made to me, the government prev
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- France's environment minister, Monique Barbut, will remain in her post, given the "urgency" to act on climate change, after submitting her resignation to President Emmanuel Macron over a bill to reintroduce bee-harming pesticides, her team said Wednesday.
- Issued on: 22/07/2026 - 15:18 2 min Reading time Barbut submitted her resignation to Macron on Wednesday morning after parliament backed the restricted reintroduction of two insecticides banned in France since 2018 but allowed in the European Union.
- Resignation refused "Contrary to the commitments that had been made to me, the government prev
Sources: RFI