article_snippet.sent: Deputies in the National Assembly in Paris voted through the amendment to a law on public health and the amendment to a law on public health is expected to be rubber-stamped by the Senate.
article_snippet.sent: Maud Olivier and Catherine Coutelle, the MPs who proposed the law said the law was not designed to threaten 'freedom of expression on the Internet', but was a long overdue health reform.
article_snippet.sent: However, the MP behind the law has vowed the fight is not over.
article_snippet.sent: As a result, a European approach is needed.'
article_snippet.sent: MPs in the National Assembly voted to back the measure, which is aimed at cutting down on obesity.
article_snippet.sent: The amendment to a health bill written by UDI MP Arnaud Richard reads:
article_snippet.sent: It is the role of the law to fix a framework to protect the population against commercial competition which aims to make something free to entice customers and encourage customers to consume unhealthy products excessively.
article_snippet.sent: It has won the backing of Health Minister Marisol Touraine, and public health campaigners worried about increasing obesity in France.