French Minister Monique Barbut to Resign Over Farming Bill With 2 Contested Green Rollbacks
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Updated · POLITICO Europe · Jul 21
French Minister Monique Barbut to Resign Over Farming Bill With 2 Contested Green Rollbacks
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO Europe · Jul 21
Summary
Monique Barbut told Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and her ministry she plans to quit after the Senate’s expected passage Tuesday of the farming bill, according to a member of her team.
Two provisions turned the measure into a political flashpoint: a temporary return of a banned pesticide for nut growers and a plan to double farmers’ water-storage allowances over the next decade.
The legislation was originally drafted to answer farmers’ complaints about squeezed margins and worsening production conditions, but its final form exposed sharp divisions inside President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist camp.
Barbut’s departure would make the bill an immediate cabinet-level rupture, underscoring how farm policy is colliding with France’s environmental agenda.