French Ecology Minister Monique Barbut withdraws resignation after Macron's request
French Minister of Ecological Transition Monique Barbut announced her resignation on July 22, 2026, after Parliament definitively adopted an agricultural emergency law that reintroduces certain EU-authorized pesticides previously banned in France, including acetamiprid and flupyradifurone. Barbut, a former WWF France president, criticized the law as violating the precautionary principle and called it 'the environmental setback too many.' However, President Emmanuel Macron did not accept her resignation, and Barbult ultimately agreed to stay in her post 'at the request' of Macron, who assured her of his support. Her office cited the urgent need to address climate change impacts and environmental health challenges. This was not Barbut's first resignation threat; she had previously threatened to leave over budget cuts and hydrocarbon research projects. The law's pesticide provisions remain controversial, reviving debates from the earlier Duplomb law that was censured by the Constitutional Council.
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