The Hauts-de-France region votes 40,000 euros in subsidy for an anti-wind turbine association


“Stop Éoliennes Hauts-de-France”, which will receive the funds, presents itself as a federation for the fight “against wind development in this region”. The left opposition denounces a “shame”.

The Hauts-de-France region, chaired by Xavier Bertrand (LR), voted Thursday in Amiens for a grant of 40,000 euros for 2022 in favor of the federation “Stop Éoliennes Hauts-de-France”, provoking the ire of the left-wing opposition which denounced a “shame“. A “multi-year agreement on objectives and resources for the period 2022/2024was concluded between the Region and this association providing for subsidies of 60,000 euros in 2023 and 70,000 in 2024.

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In Hauts-de-Francewhich represent 6% of the national territory, we have 30% of the number of masts in France, it is far too many. We are major contributors to wind power generation. It has to stop. People can’t take it anymore“, explained to AFP Christophe Coulon, vice-president in charge of rurality. “Nobody on the regional council is climatosceptic. Everyone is convinced of the need to decarbonize our energy mix, but it’s all a question of proportion“, he added, specifying that this funding will be used to “disseminate information, conduct studies to enlighten the population, elected officials, and possibly lodge appeals” in justice.

The wind energymakes it possible to reduce greenhouse gases, creates profit, employment… interests that are never valued. The debate is “wind turbines, it’s beautiful or not beautiful”, but that’s not the subject! The subject is climate change and there we want to go back“, protested Thomas Hutin, environmental regional adviser. “We are going to make a request for a legality check to the prefect to find out if this deliberation is in the nails“, announced Katy Vuylsteker, regional environmental adviser, pointing to the choice of funding for such a young association and denouncing “anti-wind obsessionby Xavier Bertrand. “Stop Éoliennes Hauts-de-France” presents itself as a regional federation created in 2022 “which aims to federate the associations of Hauts-de-France which fight against the development of wind power in this region“.


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