This Monday, Elisabeth Borne, present at the Salon de l’Agriculture, announced “a plan for the development of alternatives for the most important phytosanitary products”. She also assured that the farmers will have the support of the State while affirming that there was no question of “repeating the mistakes of chlordecone”.
Elisabeth Borne announced on Monday “a plan for the development of alternatives for the most important phytosanitary products”, assuring farmers of state support while affirming that there was no question of “repeating the mistakes of chlordecone” . “In concrete terms, this means seeking to identify new uses, new tools and new products to better protect crops – while preserving our biodiversity,” said the Prime Minister at the Agricultural Show.
“We will now respect the European framework and nothing but the European framework”
She delivered the first bricks of a plan announced on Saturday by President Emmanuel Macron, aimed in particular at coordinating France’s action with that of the European Union to offer “visibility” to farmers concerning the products they produce. may or may not use in their fields. “I want to be clear: in terms of phytosanitary products, we will now respect the European framework and nothing but the European framework”, she said, while in recent years France has chosen to ban certain substances, harmful for the environment, but which were still authorized within the European Union.
“We will not create any regulatory distortion for our producers, except in cases of force majeure, when public health is threatened,” she added. “Our approach is based on science and the opinions of scientists. This is the method we apply to all products. The other cardinal point is that we do not compromise with public health. wants to repeat the mistakes of chlordecone”, she underlined in reference to the powerful pesticide used until 1993 in the French banana plantations of the Antilles and at the origin of many cancers.