The Loi Duplomb, officially named as a "law to lift the constraints on the exercise of the profession of farmer", is legislation proposed by Senator Laurent Duplomb (himself a farmer) and adopted earlier this month.
This law has sparked a lively controversy, with massive demonstrations and an online petition collecting nearly 2 million signatures against its adoption, a record. Petitions receiving more than 500,000 signatures from at least 30 departments can trigger a debate in parliament, although the process is not automatic.
