Overview
- Deputies approved a reshaped emergency agricultural bill on Tuesday after long debates, sending it to the Sénat for examination starting June 29.
- Lawmakers adopted key amendments that narrow public canteen sourcing to the 'territoire français' and extend import bans to products made with pesticides banned in France.
- The bill speeds water-storage projects by removing some public‑meeting requirements and boosting prefect powers, a move that environmental groups say weakens wetland protections and local water governance.
- Text tightens penalties for thefts and damage on farms with up to five years in prison and €75,000 fines, eases rules to expand livestock buildings, and broadens allowances for defensive action against wolf attacks.
- The Rassemblement national backed several amendments that helped pass the text while left parties and green groups opposed it, and the government says the Senate must correct measures that could breach EU law.