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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
Environment
RFI

Grassroots campaign against controversial French pesticide bill gathers momentum

A member of French agricultural union Confederation Paysanne holds a sign reading "The Duplomb law is giving us the blues", as France's Minister for Agriculture and Food Sovereignty visits a farm in Saint-Michel, south-western France, on 5 June 2025. AFP - VALENTINE CHAPUIS

A petition started by a French student earlier this month has ignited nationwide debate over a controversial pesticide law, drawing over two million signatories into a growing environmental and political dispute.

Public opposition is surging in France, as a petition against the controversial Duplomb law – which allows the conditional return of a pesticide banned since 2018 – soared past two million signatures on the National Assembly website by Monday morning.

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