From the proposed law to the Constitutional Council via the petition, the trajectory of the highly controversial Duplomb law
Decryption The Wise Men of the Constitutional Council are due to rule this Thursday on the highly controversial Duplomb law, adopted by parliamentarians on July 8 and the source of unprecedented citizen mobilization.
A demonstration against the Duplomb law in Paris, July 8, 2025. BASTIEN OHIER / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP
Will the Duplomb law pass the Constitutional Council's test? The body is due to rule this Thursday, August 7, on four texts, including the highly controversial agricultural law , which has sparked unprecedented opposition since its adoption. The Sages will be particularly eagerly awaited on the measure for the conditional reintroduction of a pesticide from the neonicotinoid family, acetamiprid . Harmful to biodiversity, but still authorized elsewhere in Europe, its return is being demanded by the powerful agricultural union FNSEA and beet and hazelnut producers .
Supported by Senators Laurent Duplomb and Franck Menonville, members of the right-wing and centrist majority in the Senate, the text was finally adopted on July 8 by a narrow majority (316 votes in favor, 223 against, 25 abstentions). Officially, the law aims to "remove constraints on the exercise of…
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