President Macron's refusal to accept an environmental minister's resignation over pesticide reintroduction demonstrates authoritarian suppression of dissent and override of expert health/safety concerns in favor of corporate interests.
Environment Minister Monique Barbut submitted her resignation in protest over the reintroduction of pesticides that scientists say harm human health as well as bees. But President Emmanuel Macron refused to accept it.
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