Overview
- The proposal was registered Monday by the Senate services, marking a fresh attempt after parts of an earlier law were struck down.
- The new text contains three articles to allow tightly controlled use of two neonicotinoids, acetamiprid and flupyradiflurone, which are banned in France but permitted elsewhere in Europe.
- The Conseil constitutionnel previously invalidated the most contested provision for lacking limits on duration, treatment type and techniques, and targeted sectors under the Environmental Charter.
- Duplomb says the Conseil d'État will be consulted in advance and that the draft is designed to clear constitutional review, with co-signers from centrist, macronist, radical and Horizons groups.
- No examination timetable has been set, public pushback greeted the earlier effort, and a petition on the issue drew more than 2.1 million signatures prompting a National Assembly debate on February 11.