Prime Minister Gabriel Attal wants to prevent the importation into France of fruits and vegetables treated with thiacloprid. The pesticide is banned in Europe but still authorized in several countries.
The government will “pause” the Ecophyto plan, which must set objectives for reducing the use of pesticides and crystallizes the anger of field crop producers. The impact on the French sector is difficult to assess at the moment, according to the main organizations in the sector, Interfel and the Fruit and Vegetable Producers of France.