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National Assembly Rejects 'Duplomb' Bill, Paris Protests Resume

Negotiations will take place behind closed doors in a joint committee tasked with revising the bill’s pesticide regulations alongside environmental safeguards.

Des opposants à la proposition de loi dite "Duplomb", contraire selon eux aux attentes des agriculteurs et des citoyens, manifestent le 27 mai 2025 à Paris, près de l'Assemblée nationale
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Débat en séance publique a l'Assemblée nationale sur la proposition de loi adoptée par le Sénat visant a assouplir les contraintes pesant sur l'exercice du métier d'agriculteur, à Paris, France, le 26 mai 2025.
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Overview

  • The National Assembly pre-emptively voted on May 26 to reject the Duplomb bill before debate in order to overcome thousands of proposed amendments.
  • The proposal would have reintroduced the neonicotinoid pesticide acetamiprid, raised environmental authorization thresholds for intensive farms and streamlined water storage approvals.
  • More than 300 protesters, including farmers, environmental activists and cancer survivors, gathered in Paris on May 27 to oppose the bill’s pesticide rollbacks.
  • The FNSEA organised a tractor rally at the National Assembly to demand measures for agricultural productivity; Confédération paysanne and NGOs condemned the proposal as harmful to health and biodiversity.
  • A joint parliamentary committee of seven senators and seven deputies will now conduct closed-door negotiations on a revised version of the legislation.