Overview
- The bill, which cleared committee Wednesday, now heads to a four‑day National Assembly debate starting May 19 with doubts about finishing on schedule.
- Lawmakers added a tool to block food imports containing residues of pesticides banned in the EU after removing a “serious risk to health” threshold, a change co‑rapporteur Julien Dive warned could clash with EU law.
- Environmental procedure changes include scrapping mandatory public meetings for permits on farm water‑storage projects, while separate articles on wetlands and drinking‑water catchments were dropped in committee and could return in the full chamber.
- The text authorizes the government to use ordinances to set a special permit regime for livestock buildings, aiming to raise the animal thresholds that trigger heavy environmental approvals, which left‑wing deputies say favors intensive farming.
- Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu urged rapid passage in an open letter and suggested debating pesticide product rules in a separate bill to avoid stalling the emergency package.