The debate around a future law on energy sovereignty, supposed to set France’s course to move away from fossil fuels and the means to achieve it, is reopened and should result in a law “within the year”, said namely Sunday the Minister of Industry and Energy Roland Lescure.
“What I want first of all is for it to be a public debate,” declared the Minister Delegate on France 3, in the program Dimanche en politique. ” And obviously there will be legislative provisions which will pass through the Assemblyso there will be a law one way or another.”
It is planned “during the year” but “not necessarily in the first half” because “I want to take the time for the debate”, it will be “at the latest” by the end of the year – “I hope that we will get there before then,” added Mr. Lescure.
A preliminary draft law on the subject had been drawn up before the reshuffle, which the government decided in January to remove any objectives in terms of climate and choice of energy, ensuring that it wanted to take more time for the discussion. This decision aroused incomprehension, particularly among environmental associations. Questions such as “how many renewable or nuclear energies in 2030 and 2035” or “what objectives for reducing greenhouse gases and energy savings” have therefore disappeared from the text.
“We will take our time to ensure that we have a good law”
For Roland Lescure, the debate must take place both “with all the associations which are concerned” and with parliamentarians. The minister assured that he had made contact on Friday, the day after his appointment, with “all associations interested in electricity”producers, consumers, and NGOs…
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