Beet growers will be able to use neonicotinoids until 2023. Heavily debated Monday, the text allowing this sector to derogate from the ban on these “bee-killing” pesticides was adopted this Tuesday in the Assembly by 313 votes in favor, 158 against and 56 abstentions.
Inconstant political life: among the favorable votes, we find those of 14 deputies The Republicans (LR) having once worried about the fate of pollinating insects, pointing the finger at pesticides.
In a column published in Le Monde on December 24, 2018, they had criticized Didier Guillaume, then Minister of Agriculture, for having declared "that scientists had to prove that pesticides had consequences on health": "Not only has this information already been proven, but it also has consequences on ecosystems and therefore bees", their text was offended.
Today in favor of the return of neonicotinoids, Eric Woerth (Oise), Véronique Louwagie (Orne) and Robin Reda (Essonne) at the time urged the government to take "immediate measures", calling in particular for "a real plan to safeguard the bee and beekeepers so that our children can still witness this wonderful miracle of nature that is pollination ”.
Same big difference observed at Nathalie Bassire (Réunion), Valérie Bazin-Malgras (Aube), Jacques Cattin (Haut-Rhin), Pierre Cordier (Ardennes), Jean-Pierre Door (Loiret), Patrick Hetzel (Bas-Rhin), Mansour Kamardine (Mayotte), Emmanuel Maquet (Somme), Alain Ramadier (Seine-Saint-Denis), Jean-Luc Reitzer (Haut-Rhin) and Raphaël Schellenberger (Haut-Rhin).
Nine other signatories of this forum, titled "Bees are essential" in the newspaper, voted against the bill put to the vote on Tuesday and four abstained.
A minority therefore ...
The details of the ballot
More than two-thirds of
LREM
deputies
supported the text, including Christophe Castaner, Thierry Solère or even Benjamin Griveaux, as detailed in the analysis of the ballot on the Assembly website.
Among the voices which, in the ranks of the majority, expressed themselves against these exemptions, those of Jean-Charles Colas-Roy and Sandrine Le Feur who had it during the debates.
As usual, Richard Ferrand, President of the National Assembly, did not vote.
The LREM vote
The
LR
group
was more divided than expected on these derogations, even if nearly two-thirds of those present supported the text, like Christian Jacob, Julien Dive and Eric Woerth.
The LR vote
About three-quarters of the elected
MoDem and related Democrats
present approved the bill, Jean-Louis Bourlanges and Marielle de Sarnez.
The MoDem and Democrats vote
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Only two of the
Socialist
deputies
who spoke approved the derogations: Jean-Louis Bricout and David Habib.
The First Secretary of the PS, Olivier Faure, Guillaume Garot and George Pau-Langevin opposed it.
The PS vote
Among the
Agir Ensemble
deputies
, 13 out of 18 deputies expressed themselves favorably on the bill.
The Act Together vote
In the
UDI and independents group
, there was no voting instruction: 7 for, 5 against, 3 abstentions.
UDI and independent voting
Within the
Libertés et Territoires group
, the reintroduction of neonicotinoids was only approved by Charles de Courson, Jean Lassalle and Jeanine Dubié.
The Freedom and Territories vote
The deputies of the
Ecology Democracy Solidarity group
, the
Communist
deputies
and
rebellious France
present all voted against the text.
The votes of
non-registered
elected officials
were divided between the three options: Marine Le Pen and Sébastien Chenu voted for, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, against.
Voting by non-registered
