The right to live in a healthy environment, a core principle of the French Environmental Charter, was invoked by the Constitutional Council to strike down the law's most emblematic article on neonicotinoids. This decision is a blow to the government, which has struggled to resolve the ongoing agricultural crisis.

A petition against the 'Duplomb Law' has become the second most signed in French history, and the first of its kind on a parliamentary platform. However, its impact will likely…

Constitutional Council says harms to the ecosystem posed by neonicotinoids would violate citizens’ rights