PARIS: French Environment Minister Monique Barbut, who handed in her resignation in protest after parliament’s approval of a farm bill allowing the temporary reintroduction of two pesticides suspected of harming bees, will remain in the government, government spokesperson Maud Bregeon said on Wednesday. “I told the prime minister yesterday that the conditions for me to stay in the government were no longer being met and I will present my resignation to the president today,” Barbut wrote in a post on LinkedIn earlier on Wednesday.

The legislation allows for the use of a banned pesticide in certain instances and doubles the water storage allowance for farmers.

Opposée à la réintroduction de l'acétamipride et du flupyradifurone dans l'agriculture, Monique Barbut présentera sa démission à Emmanuel Macron mercredi.