- Oct 8
France offers zero-interest loans to drought-hit farmers as unions call aid insufficient
Agriculture minister Annie Genevard announced the measure on Thursday at the Sommet de l'élevage in Cournon-d'Auvergne. The state would pay the interest on loans that banks already offer at about 2.5%, though the plan depends on the 2027 budget.
- Aug 16
French PM Lecornu promises new agriculture support measures in 2027 budget
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu promised new support and investment measures for agriculture in the 2027 budget, in an open letter published a day after the Constitutional Council validated the bulk of the agricultural emergency law.
- Jul 23
French ecology minister Monique Barbut reverses resignation after Macron guarantees on pesticides law
Monique Barbut, France's ecological transition minister, withdrew her resignation on Wednesday after President Emmanuel Macron refused to accept it and offered new environmental guarantees, following a dispute over pesticide reintroduction in the agricultural emergency law.
- Jul 22
French ecology minister Monique Barbut quits as parliament brings back two pesticides banned in France
Monique Barbut, France's Ecological Transition minister, intends to resign after the government declined to block a parliamentary amendment reintroducing two neonicotinoid pesticides prohibited nationally but still permitted across the European Union.