The Prime Minister assured that France would oppose the reauthorization of glyphosate. He also ordered an exit plan for the agricultural sector.
France wants to get rid of glyphosate. As Europe prepares to renew the license for this pesticide for 10 years, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe recalled France’s opposition. “This is too long a period given the uncertainties that remain on this product and France will vote against this proposal, as it clearly indicated in July,” he said.
Already banned in public gardens, this controversial weedkiller will also be prohibited in private gardens from 1er January 2019. The agricultural sector should do without by 2022, said government spokesman Christophe Castaner on BFMTV on Monday.
A proposal that is not unanimous on the side of farmers. The latter believe that the government does not support them and that it confiscates their means of production. Nicolas Hulot, Minister of Ecological Transition, went to meet these worried growers by assuring them that the end of this product will not be done without consultation.
An exit plan before 2018
The Prime Minister has also asked the Ministers of Ecological Transition and Agriculture to present to him “the conditions for an exit plan for glyphosate”. This report must be presented “before the end of the year” and be based on the “conclusions of the general food conference” which are currently being held as well as on “the state of research and the alternatives available for them. farmers. “
“The government will then adopt its position, which it will compare with those of the Commission and the other Member States, to find the conditions for a reasonable transition towards the end of glyphosate”, specifies Matignon.
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