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FRANCE, JUL 21 – The petition demands repeal and citizen consultation over the law’s pesticide reauthorization, gathering over 1.6 million signatures and drawing cross-spectrum political attention.
- A grassroots petition against the Duplomb Law has surpassed 1.6 million signatures by July 22, 2025, exerting pressure on French policymakers.
- On July 8, 2025, the Duplomb Law was adopted, allowing conditional reauthorization of a banned neonicotinoid pesticide.
- The National Assembly’s petitions platform requires signatories to be adults of French nationality or legally resident in France, and participants need a France Connect account tied to a French social security number.
- Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard said she is `fully receptive`, while Yaël Braun-Pivet added it `cannot, under any circumstances, go back on the law adopted`.
- Amid heated debate, parties are monitoring the petition’s progress, with the Rassemblement National party defending the law to `lift constraints on exercising the profession of farmer`.
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DECRYPTAGE - The law, which is the subject of a petition of more than 1.6 million signatures, is still pending before the Constitutional Council and could even return to the National Assembly.
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Who can sign parliamentary petitions in France?
More than 1.6 million people have already signed an online petition in protest at the adoption of an agriculture bill known that includes a measure for the conditional reintroduction of a neonicotinoid pesticide. But can non-French citizens add their voice?
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