French MPs Vote on 78-Article Farm Bill Reviving 2 Banned Pesticides
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Updated · Euronews · Jul 20
French MPs Vote on 78-Article Farm Bill Reviving 2 Banned Pesticides
3 articles · Updated · Euronews · Jul 20
Summary
Monday’s National Assembly vote centers on a 78-article emergency farm bill that would, by derogation, restore acetamiprid and flupyradifurone for selected struggling sectors despite a previous backlash.
That pesticide clause has become the bill’s main fault line: Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu kept it intact and left Parliament to decide, even as Renaissance and Horizons figures pushed to delete acetamiprid.
Supporters including the RN, many right-wing and centrist MPs, and sugar beet growers say targeted reauthorization is vital for competitiveness, while Générations Futures calls it a dangerous environmental reversal.
The fight extends beyond pesticides, with irrigation water-storage reforms also drawing protests, including a Monday evening demonstration at Les Invalides.
The vote comes after recent heatwaves revived environmental concerns in France, with 32% now calling protection a priority issue, up 12 points in a La Tribune Dimanche poll.