Vote on the 'Duplomb law' on agriculture, which aims to reintroduce a pesticide for certain crops, at the Assemblée Nationale in Paris, July 8, 2025. GUILLAUME BAPTISTE/AFP
The 2.1 million people who signed the petition calling for the repeal of the "Duplomb law" are closely watching for the decision of France's Constitutional Council, expected on Thursday, August 7. This contentious piece of legislation was intended to "remove obstacles to the practice of the farming profession."
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What comes next for French anti-pesticide petition signed by over a million?
Rarely has a petition sparked such enthusiasm in France. On July 10, two days after the final adoption of the legislation, Eléonore Pattery, a student unknown to the general public, published a statement on a platform of the Assemblée Nationale denouncing a law passed with no debate at first reading in the chamber, and which has mobilized the scientific community against it. Among the controversial points, the legislation allows for the conditional reintroduction of acetamiprid, a pesticide banned in France since 2020.
