A final version of the Ecophyto pesticide reduction plan should be presented at the beginning of April, Matignon learned on Friday. This clarification was given the day after a meeting between Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and the main environmental defense associations.
For many, pesticides remain considered a “means of production” even though their uses are expected to decrease considerably by 2030. The government intends to abandon the indicator it currently uses to measure the reduction in pesticide use, Nodu, defended by environmental associations.