Duplomb Law: the poison and the antidote

The civic-mindedness of a student who initiated the petition against the Duplomb law has managed to shake up the political agenda. Her public-interest approach is an antidote to poisonous legislation adopted after a coup, the result of an odious compromise between the presidential minority, "the Republicans," and the far right.

Despite widespread opposition from the left and environmentalists, as well as civil society, doctors, scientists, and NGOs, its advocates believed the matter was settled. As if the reintroduction of deadly neonicotinoids were not a public health issue.

The success of the petition speaks volumes about the concerns of consumers, concerned about access to healthy food and environmental preservation. These concerns are at odds with the interests of agro-industrialists and their supporters at the Palais Bourbon, who will be the main beneficiaries of this ecocidal law, a carbon copy of the "Entreprendre pour l'agriculture" (Entrepreneurship for Agriculture) advocated by the FNSEA (National Federation of French Workers' Unions). " The permanent opposition between production and the environment is untenable for our country ," attempts to explain its president and businessman Arnaud Rousseau , whose union hides behind European competitiveness and the existence of harmful spraying in our neighboring countries to justify the authorization of carcinogenic pesticides, the first victims of which will be farmers. For these people, the precautionary principle does not exist.

The government is facing its responsibilities, after having endorsed a law that does not lift "the constraints on practicing the farming profession" and forgets the essential: the remuneration of those who work the land and respect it, far from the spirit of extensive agriculture. It has given a pass to unreasonable productivism, a widespread poisoning. The President of the National Assembly believes it is right to specify that the discussion planned for the fall "can in no case revisit the law passed." A way of cutting short. This final citizen disavowal should nevertheless encourage the authorities to review their copy to guarantee food sovereignty that respects humans and the planet. While awaiting the decision of the Constitutional Council, seized by the left-wing parties, which is due to rule on this toxic text in August.