An issue dispatched in one minute and thirty-five seconds, no reference to the consequences of global warming, in particular the intensification of extreme events, and multiple silences on crucial sectors of ecological planning. Tuesday January 14, François Bayrou delivered the weakest general policy speech of Emmanuel Macron’s second term on environmental issues.
Even Gabriel Attal, also known for his lack of appetite for these subjects, had gone a little further, on January 30, 2024, by estimating that the “climate disruption hits us, harder, stronger, more often”. “We are stunned and a little shockedreacts Nicolas Richard, vice-president of France Nature Environnement. This speech reflects a vision of the 20the century where ecology is not seen as a crisis, as if awareness of what is happening was disappearing at the highest level of the State. »
While Matignon is responsible for ecological planning which should allow France to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 55% in 2030, the Prime Minister was terse on this. “challenge of the century”in the words of Emmanuel Macron in 2022. “Ecology is not the problem, it’s the solutionbegan the head of government before discussing the transition. It is an ardent obligation and it must be continued and amplified: planning the transition by finalizing our low carbon strategy; preserve our biodiversity; produce in a carbon-free way, using new technologies. » On energy, Mr. Bayrou cited only “nuclear electricity production”hydrogen et “geothermal energy, an inexhaustible reservoir of free calories under our feet”one of his obsessions since the publication of a report on the subject when he was high commissioner for planning.
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But the centrist has done nothing to reassure entire sectors of ecological planning that have come to a standstill due to economic conditions and political instability. While the Ecologists had requested an increase of 7 billion euros to relaunch the ecological transition, Mr. Bayrou had no word on renewable energies, on the electrification of transport for which credits are down by 500 million euros. euros, on the energy renovation of buildings…
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