acetamiprid
Coverage of acetamiprid in the Nexus archive.
- French President Macron refuses minister’s resignation after dispute over pesticide bill
French President Emmanuel Macron refused to accept the resignation of environmental transition minister Monique Barbut, who opposed a controversial bill allowing temporary exemptions for pesticides harmful to bees. The legislation permits the use of acetamiprid and flupyradifurone, restricted in France but permitted under EU rules, on crops like sugar beet and apples.
- French environment minister to resign after passage of controversial farm bill
French Minister of Ecological Transition Monique Barbut plans to resign after lawmakers passed a controversial farm bill with provisions she opposed, including temporary pesticide use and expanded water storage allowances for farmers. The bill, which caused divisions among Macron’s centrist supporters, aimed to address farmers’ economic challenges but sparked environmental and political tensions.