00:00It's a major win for environmental activists.
00:10France's Constitutional Council, where I'm currently standing,
00:13struck down one of the most controversial articles of the Duplont Agricultural Law,
00:18blocking the return of a pesticide, widely known as the Bee Killer.
00:23In a decision handed down on Thursday evening,
00:26the Council ruled that allowing exemptions to use the pesticide like acetimoprid, for example,
00:33would violate France's Charter of the Environment, including the right to live in healthy surroundings.
00:40Acetimoprid was already banned in France back in 2018, but it is still legal in certain EU countries.
00:48Its comeback has been widely requested by certain beet and hazelnut farmers, citing crop risks.
00:56But public backlash has been absolutely overwhelming these past few weeks.
01:01A petition to repeal the law drew a record 2.1 million signatures.
01:07And while much of this agricultural Duplont law still stands,
01:11Thursday's ruling draws a clear divide between the French public and the country's lawmakers.
01:17A petition to repeal the Supreme Court are the first number of Americans in the New York City per ounce.
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