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Macron signs agriculture law, upholds ban on controversial pesticide

Demonstrators awaiting a decision on the Duplomb law hold a banner reading "Cancer anger. Stop pesticides" as they gather in front of the Constitutional Council in Paris on 7 August 2025. © AFP - THOMAS SAMSON

French President Emmanuel Macron has signed into law a modified agriculture bill that bars a banned pesticide from being reintroduced. The move comes after the Constitutional Council – the country’s highest court – struck down the clause last week, ruling it violated France’s environmental charter.

Known as the Duplomb law, the legislation has been at the centre of a heated debate and fuelled a student-led petition that gathered more than two million signatures.

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