Laura Laplaud
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8:53 a.m., August 24, 2022
Purchasing power, full employment and ecological transition will be the burning issues of this political return. Frequently accused by the opposition of not acting against global warming, Emmanuel Macron wants to silence these critics. But for the deputy of Bas-Rhin Sandra Regol, guest of Europe Matin Wednesday, it is difficult “to be convinced when the reality of the acts is a step back”.
Energy sobriety and ecological planning will be among the major topics of this back-to-school season. The entourage of the Head of State suggests that the first announcements could be made this Wednesday, at the end of the first Council of Ministers. Because one thing is certain, Emmanuel Macron wants to silence the critics of his climate action. “I can only rejoice”, launched Sandra Regol, vice-president of the Ecologiste-NUPES group in the National Assembly and deputy for the 1st district of Bas-Rhin on Europe 1 on Wednesday. “But it’s complicated for me to be convinced by words when the reality of the actions is a step back that we haven’t seen for ten years,” she added.
“This government never stops looking elsewhere”
“We’ve known what’s going to happen since the 90s, and this government keeps looking the other way while there’s an emergency. […] France is the only country, on a European scale, which does not respect its commitments, if only in terms of the development of renewable energies”, she assured on Europe 1.
“When we were talking about the sobriety necessary to anticipate, Emmanuel Macron made fun of us and called us Amish to say that ecology was punitive when it came from our voice and suddenly, faced with reality, drought, super fires, proposals that we carried become obvious”, she observed.
Earlier this month, Gabriel Attal, Minister for Action and Public Accounts, announced an additional 3.3 billion euros for the Ministries of Environmental Transition, Territorial Cohesion and Agriculture. “A union minimum” according to the MP. “The France of Élisabeth Borne, in terms of protecting your health, our future, makes the choice on the pretext of purchasing power to reopen two coal-fired power stations”, she lamented.