Overview

• The Duplomb law remains unpromulgated as the Constitutional Council prepares to rule on its constitutionality on August 7.
• The bill includes provisions to ease intensive livestock installations, authorize new mega-reservoirs, temporarily reintroduce the neonicotinoid insecticide acetamiprid under a three-year exemption.
• More than 2.1 million people have signed a petition demanding repeal, triggering a non-binding parliamentary debate scheduled for September.
• Supporters, led by Jean-Samuel Eynard, contend the acetamiprid derogation is narrowly capped at a few thousand hectares for hazelnuts and sugar beets; opponents say the law chiefly benefits a small minority of agro-industrial farms that capture most EU subsidies.
• Critics, including Green MP Benoît Biteau, argue the law’s fast-tracked adoption circumvented proper amendment debate, raising doubts about its compliance with constitutional environmental protections.