Bompard puts agricultural law at the centre ahead of parliament’s decision

Paris – 20.07.2026: Manuel Bompard, La France insoumise MP representing the Bouches-du-Rhône department, on Monday placed the upcoming decision of the National Assembly on the agricultural protection and sovereignty law at the centre of his morning interview on franceinfo. Other topics of the conversation were the 2027 presidential election and the Football World Cup. Specific statements by the LFI coordinator on these points were not recorded verbatim in verifiable reports.

The political schedule is clear: the National Assembly is due to vote on Monday, 20 July, at 21:30 on the text negotiated by a joint committee of MPs and senators on 16 July. With this vote, the legislative process could enter its decisive final stage. The bill was presented to the Council of Ministers on 8 April and discussed in both chambers in May and June.

The law brings together measures that the Government wants to use to strengthen the production and competitiveness of French agriculture. The measures include simplified procedures for agricultural projects, provisions to protect agricultural land, tools against competition deemed unfair, as well as rules on water and plant protection. Recent political controversy has focused in particular on irrigation and the possibilities for exceptional authorisations for certain pesticides.

According to data from the National Assembly, the expected joint committee compromise could allow ministerial exemptions, under certain conditions, for sugar beet, apples, cherries and hazelnuts. A condition is an opinion from the national agency for food, environmental and occupational health safety, ANSES. This concerns the active substances flupyradifurone and acetamiprid, which belong to the neonicotinoid group. The provision ties easing requirements for the agricultural sector to environmental and health safeguards.

For La France insoumise, the final debate is an opportunity to shape its position in an area of conflict where issues of farm income, food supply, water management and environmental protection overlap. Bompard has been an MP since 2022 representing the fourth constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône and is one of the party’s leading officials. His media appearance on the day of the vote underlines the importance LFI attaches to the issue.

The mention of the presidential election simultaneously points to the political horizon intensifying ahead of 2027. Although the agricultural law is a sector-specific project, it affects the central lines of conflict in the upcoming campaign: purchasing power in rural areas, state management, European competition rules and climate adaptation. It remains to be seen whether the compromise text will secure the necessary majority in the evening.