The French National Assembly approved an emergency agricultural bill, with contentious issues like pesticides, water storage, and wolf culling debated. The bill, supported by the RN and opposed by the left, aims to address farmer grievances and bolster food sovereignty, though some measures face scrutiny in the Senate.
The House of Representatives passed an amendment stripping controversial pesticide liability protections from the farm bill, 280-142, after bipartisan opposition from lawmakers and Make America Healthy Again advocates. The provisions would have shielded Bayer from lawsuits over its Roundup herbicide and glyphosate, which the WHO classified as probably carcinogenic in 2015. The broader farm bill passed 224-200 and now heads to the Senate.
A Supreme Court case on glyphosate lawsuits and a farm bill provision are straining relations between Republicans and MAHA activists, who oppose protections for Bayer and other pesticide makers.
Supreme Court arguments Monday and the farm bill put MAHA squarely at odds with President Donald Trump and the majority of Republicans in Congress.
