Overview

• Patrick Mignola said ministers will take part in a non-binding debate on the Duplomb law when parliament reconvenes on September 22.
• A petition demanding repeal has amassed nearly two million signatures, triggering the Assemblée nationale’s debate mechanism without a vote.
• Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard and other officials have reaffirmed that the law will be promulgated regardless of public opposition.
• The Constitutional Council is set to rule on the law’s constitutionality by August 10, potentially pausing its enactment until then.
• Farmers have dumped manure and eggs on ecologist offices in Toulouse and nine incidents of threats or vandalism against parliamentarians have been logged since the law’s adoption.