2024-01-18 03:45:03
The Cruas-Meysse nuclear power plant (Ardèche) near the Rhône, in October 2021. DANA TENTEA / HANS LUCAS / REUTERS
Deputies and senators should have debated, soon, the main climate and energy orientations of France. They should have included in the law, almost a year late, ambitious trajectories and objectives making it possible to massively reduce greenhouse gas emissions and begin to move away from fossil fuels, while ensuring security. of supply to the French.
Read also | Article reserved for our subscribers The bill on energy sovereignty criticized for the absence of a quantified objective on renewables
This will not be the case: just a few weeks before its presentation to the Council of Ministers, the bill on energy sovereignty sees its entire programmatic component removed. No more targets for reducing emissions, reducing consumption or even relaunching nuclear power: in the wake of the reshuffle, the new executive has chosen to « reporter » the inclusion of these elements in a legislative text, without setting a new deadline.
This umpteenth setback, on the road to what should have originally been a “major energy-climate programming law”, testifies to the government’s fear of not being able to pass a text relating to both renewables and on nuclear power. And it further removes the possibility of a debate in the Hemicycle, a crucial step for political leaders and public opinion to take ownership of these issues.
« Inadmissible »
Wednesday January 17 in the morning, the disappearance of the entire programmatic part (title one) of the bill was announced to the members of the National Council for Ecological Transition (CNTE) by means of an e-mail, while the The body was to issue an advisory opinion on the text. Six CNTE organizations, including Réseau Action Climat, said they “dismayed” and ask to be received by the Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal.
“The democratic debate on our climate and energy objectives is an imperativethey reacted. The government is not providing any explanation at this stage; navigating on sight, without explicit commitment, would be unacceptable and might only delay the necessary acceleration of the ecological transition. »
Read also | Article reserved for our subscribers Ecological planning relegated to the background of Emmanuel Macron’s political agenda
During the day, the Ministry of Ecological Transition and then that of the Economy, which has just taken over the energy portfolio, confirmed the deletion of title one. “The consultations [menées sur la stratégie française énergie-climat] have shown the benefit of taking more time to find the right balance between the different levers of our energy policy to achieve carbon neutrality in 2050”, they justified. Tuesday evening, in front of journalists, the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, did not mention this postponement but assured that France had “a strategy, a planning”and that the time was ” Implementation “.
You have 65% of this article left to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.
1705611763
#executive #presents #bill #energy #climate #stripped #programmatic #component
