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With the Duplomb law, it is the environment that will pay the price in the Assembly

With the Duplomb law, it is the environment that will pay the price in the Assembly
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The text, which reintroduces a banned neonicotinoid, facilitates the construction of the largest intensive livestock farms and describes the mega-ponds as "of major general interest", should be definitively voted on without incident at the Palais-Bourbon this Tuesday, July 8.
At the National Assembly during the vote on the motion to reject the bill "aiming to lift restrictions on farming," on May 26, 2025. (Henrique Campos/Hans Lucas.AFP)

Without admitting defeat, the left is harboring few illusions. Barring any last-minute remorse, and despite the qualms of a few elected members of the central bloc, the National Assembly is expected to definitively adopt, this Tuesday, the bill by LR Senator Laurent Duplomb, intended to "lift constraints on the practice of farming." And continue the methodical unraveling of environmental measures begun several weeks ago. NGOs such as Générations Futures, angry about the reintroduction of acetamiprid, a pesticide from the neonicotinoid family, and the Confédération Paysanne, a minority union, are planning a rally in front of the Palais-Bourbon at the time of the vote... with the air of a last stand. And the FNSEA (National Federation of French Workers' Unions) intended to work with the deputies until the end to encourage them to vote for this bill, which incorporates many of their wishes. But the agricultural union did not bring out the tractors or its threats of a roadblock , not being very stressed by the outcome of the Duplomb saga.

At the end of May, the proposed law had

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