A grassroots petition calling for the repeal of legislation known as the Duplomb Law, which notably provides for the reauthorization of a banned pesticide from the neonicotinoid family, has continued to break records: By the end of the day on Monday, July 21, the petition on the Assemblée Nationale's website had surpassed 1.5 million signatories. As a result, political parties across the spectrum have been watching its progress with interest. The president of the Assemblée Nationale, Yaël Braun-Pivet, from President Emmanuel Macron's centrist Renaissance party, said she supported a parliamentary debate on the law, all while adding that it "cannot, under any circumstances, go back on the law adopted" on July 8.

The far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party, a staunch defender of the law aiming to "lift constraints on exercising the profession of farmer," has also reacted to the petition. "Even though we regret the lies accompanying the ongoing petition, we fully support holding a parliamentary debate on the Duplomb Law," RN leader Marine Le Pen wrote on the social media platform X on Monday. That evening, Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard said the government was "fully receptive" to a parliamentary debate.

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