Overview
- Deputies approved the emergency agricultural bill in first reading on Tuesday, June 2 by 369 votes to 178, after two weeks of marathon debate and about 2,400 amendments.
- The law preserves government priorities to speed up water‑storage projects, let the executive issue ordonnances to ease rules for livestock buildings, strengthen sanitary crisis tools, and add tougher penalties for farm thefts.
- Parliament adopted tougher wolf‑defence measures by amendment that remove prior authorisation for some defensive shootings, allow night or thermal sights, and create a presumption of legitimate defence for imminent attacks.
- Several deputy‑backed changes — including a requirement that public canteens favour products from the 'territoire français' and a ban on imports produced with pesticides banned in France — are flagged by the government as likely incompatible with EU single‑market rules.
- Environmental groups and left‑wing MPs warn the water provisions roll back local consultation by removing public meeting obligations and boosting prefect powers, and the Senate review starting June 29 could revise contested items or trigger a mixed committee and legal challenges.