Overview

• In just 18 days, student Éléonore Pattery’s petition amassed over 2 million signatures, marking the first time the Assembly portal has reached that threshold.
• Surpassing 500,000 signatories cleared the way for the Conference of Presidents to organize a nonbinding debate in the National Assembly, though it cannot repeal the law.
• Left-wing deputies and senators have referred the law to the Constitutional Council, which is due to rule on its compliance with environmental and health protections on August 7.
• On July 29, scientific societies and patient associations published a tribune calling the law “dangerous for health” and urging the Council to annul it under the precautionary principle.
• The government, led by Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard, insists the law will be promulgated and has signaled readiness to debate it, reflecting divisions over a possible second reading and an Anses review.