Legal
French Top Court Invalidates Pesticide Law Amid Public Outcry
Farmers stand next to tractors during a rally outside the French National Assembly in Paris on May 26.
Photographer: Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty ImagesFrance’s constitutional court invalidated provisions of a controversial new law that would have allowed the use of a banned pesticide, a move that had prompted a widespread public outcry.
In its ruling, the Constitutional Council said the measure would have contradicted the country’s Charter for the Environment.