Duplomb Agricultural Law: Find out how Rhône MPs voted on this controversial text

The agreement reached by the Joint Committee (JCC) on the Duplomb bill was approved by the National Assembly on Tuesday, July 8. Initiated by Senators Laurent Duplomb (Les Républicains) and Franck Menonville (Union Centriste), the bill was passed by 316 votes in favor and 223 votes against. Twenty-five MPs abstained.

Highly controversial but championed by the main agricultural unions, this law is intended to address the demands made by French farmers in recent months. It notably provides for the reintroduction of a neonicotinoid pesticide, acetamiprid, banned in France since 2018 but authorized in Europe until 2033.

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In the Rhône, as across France, voices were raised on the left to denounce an environmental setback. Unsurprisingly, all the rebellious, ecologist, and socialist MPs voted "against" this Tuesday. Namely, in the Rhône department, the rebellious Anaïs Belouassa-Cherifi, Gabriel Amard, Idir Boumertit, and Abdelkader Lahmar, the ecologists Boris Tavernier and Marie-Charlotte Garin, and the socialist Sandrine Runel.

Still in the Rhône region, the deputies of the central bloc, the right, and the far right all voted in favor of the Duplomb law, except for Cyrille Isaac-Sibille (The Democrats). Jean-Luc Fugit, Blandine Brocard, and Thomas Gassiloud (Together for the Republic), Alexandre Portier (Republican Right), Tiffany Joncour, and Jonathan Gery (National Rally) therefore voted "for."

Left-wing elected officials, who have called it a " poison law ," plan to file appeals with the Constitutional Council. It should be noted that all elected officials from the Rhône region took part in the vote this time, unlike the vote on the abolition of Low Emission Zones (LEZs) on Wednesday, May 28. Eight of the 14 deputies were absent to vote on this bill, which particularly divided the various left-wing forces.