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France Petition Against Bee-Killing Pesticide Tops Two Million Backers
- A petition against a pesticide harmful to bees has garnered over two million signatures in France, increasing pressure on President Macron to reconsider the legislation.
- The legislation allowing the pesticide was adopted on July 8 without proper debate in Parliament, which is currently divided.
- A poll shows that 64 percent of people hope President Macron will submit the bill for a new debate in Parliament.
- The legislation is named the Duplomb Law after its author, Senator Laurent Duplomb.
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France petition against bee-killing pesticide tops two million backers
A student-led petition against a chemical deadly to bees reached more than two million signatures in France on Monday, increasing pressure on the president not to sign a bill allowing its use into law.
This new course will give strength to the opponents of this text, while the next highly scrutinized date will be 7 August and the deliberation of the Constitutional Council.
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The text denouncing the reintegration of a neonicotinoid family pesticide reached a new level of support on Monday 28 July, at the National Assembly site. On 7 August, the Constitutional Council will decide: a partial or total censorship of the text already adopted in Parliament.
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Launched on July 10, Eleonore Pattery's petition, a 23-year-old student had reached 500,000 signatures last weekend.
A petition against the Duplomb law beats records of popularity. On Monday 28 July it crossed the bar of 2 million signatures. - Petition against the Duplomb law: the bar of 2 million signatures crossed (Politics).
This law on agriculture allows for the use of acetamipride, a pesticide banned in France, but authorised elsewhere in Europe until 2033. The petition opens the way for a debate in the Assembly but does not allow for a review of the provisions voted.
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