Overview

• The petition on the Assemblée nationale website exceeded two million validated signatures, setting a new record under French parliamentary petition rules.
• A Cluster17 poll for Génération Écologie finds 61% of respondents oppose the law’s conditional reintroduction of acetamiprid, with 46% very unfavorable and 64% urging President Macron to withhold promulgation.
• Beekeepers warn that acetamiprid acts as a “killer of bees” and may pose human health risks despite limited studies, while growers of sugar beet and hazelnut cite the pesticide as vital for pest control.
• Adopted on July 8, the Duplomb law remains in force as the Constitutional Council prepares to render its decision on August 7, with the power to annul or modify provisions.
• Exceeding the two million threshold guarantees a non-binding parliamentary debate on the law in September, though it cannot by itself reverse the measures already adopted.