- Jul 24
French left and greens challenge emergency farm law before Constitutional Council over pesticide and water provisions
La France insoumise and Les Écologistes asked the Constitutional Council on Friday to strike down the emergency agricultural law adopted Tuesday, targeting the conditional return of banned pesticides and water storage rules.
- Jun 29
French Senate votes to reintroduce banned insecticides despite government opposition
In an overnight vote, the French Senate defied the executive to approve the restricted return of two neonicotinoid insecticides banned domestically but permitted elsewhere in the EU, reopening a fierce political battle that threatens the entire emergency agriculture bill.
