“Corsica: can a government support a project contrary to the fundamental principles of the Republic? » – By Benjamin Morel

The petition against the Duplors law crosses the mark of two million signatures – "corsica: can government support project

Opinion (with AFP)

PARIS – The petition against the DUPLomb law, which notably allows the reintroduction of a pesticide prohibited in France since 2018, has been reintroducing on Monday morning the mark of two million signatures on the site of the National Assembly. However, It had reached 500. For example, 000 signatures last weekend, unheard of the portal of the Palais Bourbon, a threshold which opens the way to the organization of a debate in the hemicycle which will however not allow, alone, to return to the provisions already adopted. However. Furthermore, the pressure increases a little more on the government, summoned by the left, NGOs and now a significant part of public opinion to repeal the text. In addition, A “corsica: can government support project cluster17 survey for generation Ecology. published in the gallery on Sunday, confirms this feeling of distrust: 61% of those questioned say they are unfavorable to this law, including 46% “very unfavorable”. They are also 64% to hope that Emmanuel Macron does not promulgate the text. that he submits it to a new deliberation in Parliament. The petition of Eleonore Pattery. a 23 -year -old student, was abundantly relayed on social networks by NGOs, political groups but also personalities like actor Pierre Niney, musician Julien Doré or the influencer EnjoyPhoenix. It requests the “immediate” repeal of the law. “the democratic revision of the conditions under which it was adopted” when there was no real debate in the hemicycle, and a “citizen consultation of the actors of health, agriculture, ecology and law” on the subjects raised. The success of my petition “proves that collective intelligence exists -. that it will triumph, sooner “corsica: can government support project or later,” said the student on the Linkedln network on Wednesday. In addition to measures on water deductions. the environmental authorization thresholds of breeding buildings, the law “Duplomb-Menonville”, named after the right and the center which have carried it, crystallizes criticisms due to a reintroduction measure under the conditions of a pesticide, acetamipride, prohibited in France since 2018, but authorized in Europe. Its use is claimed by beet. hazelnut producers, who believe they have no alternative against pests and undergo unfair competition from their European competitors. Conversely, beekeepers warn against “a bee killer”. Its effects on humans are also a source of concerns. even if the risks remain uncertain, due to the lack of magnitude studies, the text, adopted definitively in the Parliament after a very agitated legislative course, is now awaiting the ax of the Constitutional Council, which will make its decision “a priori” on August 7 and could “corsica: can government support project censor all or part of the law. It is only after that Emmanuel Macron will be able to decide to promulgate the text. request a second deliberation in the Parliament, claimed in particular by the left. © Agence France-Presse