In November 2017, the European Union had renewed the glyphosate approval for 5 years, but Emmanuel Macron had pledged to have it banned in France by 2021.<\/p>\n
However, despite this commitment, the French president announced yesterday during a debate in the Dr\u00f4me that it will be \u201cimpossible to be done with glyphosate in 3 years.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know that some would like to see it banned overnight, but I am telling you that it is not feasible. It would kill our agriculture and even in three years, I don\u2019t think we can achieve a 100% cut.\u201d<\/p>\n
An admission already highly criticized by environmental activists, like Fran\u00e7ois Veillerette, spokesman for G\u00e9n\u00e9rations Futures: \u201cI don\u2019t see how he can claim that there will be no alternative in 3 years. It already sounds like a renunciation (…) Glyphosate is dangerous, the president acknowledged it and it must be removed from the market as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Source: France Inter-Le Figaro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"