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France: Macron refuses environment minister's resignation over pesticide law

France's environment minister will remain in her post despite her disagreement with a bill reintroducing controversial pesticides, given the "urgency" to act on climate change, her team said Wednesday. Monique Barbut had submitted her resignation to President Emmanuel Macron, but he refused it. Explanation by FRANCE 24 French politics editor Marc Perelman.
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