US EditionFrance's Constitutional Council Partially Blocks Duplomb Law, yet Political Battles Continue
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"We Feel Like We're Playing Rugby 13 to 15": Farmers Divided After the Censorship of the Duplomb Law
The Constitutional Council partially rejected the Duplomb law, much expected by many farmers, in particular by invalidating the authorisation of a controversial pesticide. While this decision welcomes the opponents, it gives rise to disappointment and frustration among its defenders, divided on the future of agricultural regulation.
On Thursday, 7 August, the Constitutional Council issued its decision on the Duplomb law: Article 2, which provides for the reintroduction of a neonicotinoid banned in France, was censored. The Sages thus relied on Article 1 of the Environmental Charter. While this text is part of the "block of constitutionality" since 2005, the jurisprudence on this subject remains poorly provided. Interview with Thibaud Mulier, a specialist in constitutional l…
On Thursday, the Sages of the Constitutional Council censored part of the Duplomb Act, citing in particular the Environmental Charter, a text introduced in the Constitution in 2005 and intended to protect biodiversity.
The decision of the Constitutional Council on Thursday, 7 August, recognizes, 20 years after its adoption, the importance of the text endorsed by the Constitution, whose ecological principles are beginning to impose on public policies.
The Environment Charter, which came into force 20 years ago, is at the forefront of its role in the Constitutional Council's decision on the Duplomb Act on Thursday, 7 August.
France's Constitutional Council partially blocks Duplomb Law, yet political battles continue
The right to live in a healthy environment, a core principle of the French Environmental Charter, was invoked by the Constitutional Council to strike down the law's most emblematic article on neonicotinoids. This decision is a blow to the government, which has struggled to resolve the ongoing agricultural crisis.
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