A farmer spreads glyphosate in a field in Sarthe (illustration). - JF.Monier / AFP

The goal of "zero glyphosate" is unrealistic, Didier Guillaume said this Friday at the microphone of France Info. The Minister of Agriculture answered MEP EELV Yannick Jado, questioned the day before, on the same antenna.

"To say that we should stop everything is to deceive people"

"Almost three years ago today, the President of the Republic said:" We are going to ban glyphosate. In three years, there will be [no more], "said Yannick Jadot on Thursday. In a tweet published on December 27, 2017, Emmanuel Macron claimed to have “asked the government to take the necessary measures so that the use of glyphosate is prohibited in France as soon as alternatives have been found, and at the latest in 3 years "

I asked the government to take the necessary measures so that the use of glyphosate is prohibited in France as soon as alternatives have been found, and at the latest in 3 years. #MakeOurPlanetGreatAgain

- Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) November 27, 2017

Back pedaling today? "We will not succeed [...] we must say the reality, believes in any case this Friday Didier Guillaume. To say that we should stop everything is to deceive people, it is to go on an adventure that would be dramatic, because if we say "zero glyphosate", we will stop producing food. "

“Declining” use of phytosanitary products and glyphosate

The Minister of Agriculture, however, says that the use of glyphosate and sanitary products fell between 2018 and 2019, responding to Yannick Jadot who assures him the opposite. The drop is 35%, says Didier Guillaume. And 30% if we take into account the last two years, between 2017 and 2019. "The agro-ecological transition, it is underway," continued the minister, indicating that "more than 10,000 farmers have gone organic. 'last year ".

The replay of my interview this morning on @franceinfo with @Marcfauvelle https://t.co/2sAxgXZqNw

- Didier GUILLAUME (@ dguillaume26) June 26, 2020

A study by the General Commission for Sustainable Development published in 2020 indicates that sales of glyphosate increased in France from 2009 to 2018, recalls Francetvinfo. With a record reached in 2018 with 9,723 tonnes of glyphosates sold that year, compared to 6,292 in 2009. However, the data are not yet known regarding sales for the year 2019.

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