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French PM downplays news of glyphosate ban
By EUobserver
French prime minister Edouard Philippe said in a statement on Monday that France will work during his five-year term to "make progress towards a glyphosate ban ... and an agriculture [sector] that is less dependent on pesticides". The statement came shortly after the government spokesman had said that glyphosate, a weedkiller, would be banned within five years, including in the agricultural sector.