Anti-Duplomb law demonstrators rally outside French National Assembly | AFP

Demonstrators, including a number of ecologist and rebel MPs, gather outside France's National Assembly in Paris to protest against the Duplomb-Menonville farm bill, which is on the verge of being ratified by Parliament. The law would allow farmers, via a special derogation, to use a controversial neonicotinoid pesticide - which experts say damages the environment and in particular bees.