France’s Environment Minister Hulot announces resignation

Written by Edrian Acla on August 28, 2018

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 19, 2017 French Minister of Ecological and Inclusive Transition Nicolas Hulot delivers a speech at the French national assembly in Paris. Hulot announced his resignation from the government, on August 28, 2018. / AFP/

PARIS, France (AFP) — France’s Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot, one of the most popular members of President Emmanuel Macron’s government, announced his resignation on Tuesday.

“I am taking the decision to leave the government,” he said on France Inter radio, adding that he felt “all alone” on environmental issues within the cabinet.

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