Three weeks after the announcement of the renationalisation of EDF by Elisabeth Borne, the deputies voted the financing of this operation to nearly 10 billion euros.
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It was a necessary step in view of the 100% renationalisation of EDF. The National Assembly voted Tuesday July 26 the financing by the State of this operation to 9,7 billion euros, intended to leave the group of production and supply of electricity of its financial and industrial rut.
MEPs voted these appropriations during the examination of the draft amending budget for 2022 by 209 votes against 156. Ecologists in particular denounced the “heading for all-nuclear”, while LR conversely deplored the closure of the Fessenheim nuclear power plant. In total, the Assembly voted an envelope of 12.7 billion euros for possible support operations for French strategic companies during the second half.
The government already owns 84% of EDF and intends to launch a public tender offer (OPA) due to end at the end of October. This return of the State to 100% in EDF was announced on July 6 by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne.