Boosted by the mobilization on the Duplomb law, the left signs and persists

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Angry farmers file

After months of battling under the radar, the left is taking advantage of the success of the petition calling for the repeal of the text, which garnered nearly 1.5 million supporters on Monday, to make its alternative plan for agriculture heard.

During a demonstration against the Duplomb law, in Rennes, June 19, 2025. (Quentin Vernault/Agence 43 mm)

The Green Party MP and farmer elected in Charente-Maritime, Benoît Biteau, is convinced: "What changed the situation was to remove the Duplomb law from purely agricultural issues and make it a question of public health, which affects the whole of society." In other words, it was the mobilization of citizens, associations, experts, but also influencers on social networks like Fleur Breteau, the founder of the Cancer Colère collective , which broke the sound barrier in protesting this text, led by the Republicans senator Laurent Duplomb , who claims to "remove constraints on the farming profession."

A late uprising – this law has been in the pipeline of the senatorial right, supported by the Macronists, since at least January, and has been