2023-05-25 20:28:14
The debate did not escape questions on the remarks made by the Prime Minister who put forward the idea of a pause in environmental measures.
On the side of the PS, Thomas Dermine believes that this exit from the Prime Minister poses a problem both in form and in substance. “A prime minister shouldn’t say that. A liberal activist can say that, but a Prime Minister who has to embody a position of government cannot say that.a”, explains Thomas Dermine. On the merits, for the PS Secretary of State, “biodiversity is not just the problem of bees or birds“. Thomas Dermine points out that in Wallonia, traces of glyphosate are found in the urine of one in three children and cadmium, “a dangerous metal“in that of 95% of children.”So it’s a health problem and it’s a problem intimately linked to the climate problem“, believes Thomas Dermine.
Opposite, on the MR side, Mathieu Michel believes that “today there is no question of a break“. He talks regarding.”unfortunate” from the Prime Minister. For Mathieu Michel, it’s more regarding the idea “to go as fast as possible while being aware of the impact of this acceleration“. The climate challenge, the “turning point, the turn we have to take has significant impacts on our businesses, on our industries, including on farmers“, explains Mathieu Michel who does not want “break the machine“going too fast.”We are already going too fast“said Secretary of State MR.”If we put the engine in the red and break it, at some point, it will no longer be possible to work on the ecological transition. We will have lost companies and they will pollute elsewhere“, argues Mathieu Michel.
On the PS side, Thomas Dermine has the opposite opinion. “We’re not going fast enough“, he replies. “All the indicators in terms of climate transition, CO2 emissions, in terms of biodiversity are in the red“, explains Thomas Dermine. For him, there is no reason to oppose companies and measures in favor of the climate and the environment. He explains that with the exception of “certain large sectors, multinationals in the food industry, the petrochemical sector“, “most SMEs, industries, workers, what they want is to have a course, to have a government that gives clarity, predictability“. “To press pause is to add blur to blur and we will delay further investments“, argumente Thomas Dermine.
At MR, Mathieu Michel continues to plead to “go as quickly as possible, without breaking the machine”. He evokes the case of farmers already confronted with many standards. “Telling them that we are going to add further complementary standards is to run the risk that at some point, what we do well here, it will stop and we will import what is being done badly elsewhere“, explains Mathieu Michel.
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