Barbara Pompili had promised herself never to sacrifice ecology on the altar of the economy. When she was Secretary of State in the government of Manuel Valls, she therefore banned the use of a pesticide because it kills bees. Four years later, the Minister of Ecological Transition has not become a consumerist for whom only growth matters, but she has come up against a reality: without this insecticide, our sugar beet production is going to waste. So she decided to swallow her hat and allow it again. Temporarily, she swears.
As the neonicotinoid is in the news, we ask you the question: Do you approve of the temporary reintroduction of an insecticide to save sugar beets?
Have a great Assumption weekend, see you Monday!
Ronan Planchon, journalist at Le Figaro
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Pesticides: Barbara Pompili put to the test of agricultural realities
The Minister of the Green Transition Barbara Pompili during the questioning session to the government on July 28, 2020. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP
The summer sales are over. Barbara Pompili took the opportunity to dig up a jacket
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