“There is no break at all in France’s climate ambition”, assures Elisabeth Borne

Elisabeth Borne tries to reassure environmentalists. The Prime Minister assured, Saturday, May 13, that“there is no[vait] no break at all in climate ambition” of France, after controversial statements by Emmanuel Macron calling for a stop to produce new environmental standards in Europe. The Head of State spoke twice on the subject, Thursday and Friday, when he presented plans for the reindustrialization of France.

He therefore felt that it was no longer necessary “add” of environmental standards after the application of the European Union’s Green Deal, advocating for “stability” in the matter. “You know that in recent years, under the impetus of France and the President of the Republic, we have carried out very ambitious policies on a European scale. This is the ‘Green deal’ (Green Pact) in particular, it is the objective of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050”said Elisabeth Borne in Saint-Paul, on the island of Reunion, where she ends a three-day trip on Saturday.

No need to “add standards to standards”

“This legislation is ambitious, it allows us to meet our objectives, now we have to work to implement it and it is already a very important task”she added, considering that it was not useful to “add standards to standards”.

Emmanuel Macron’s remarks aroused the anger of officials and environmental activists and questions in Brussels. The “Green Pact” is the European Union’s package of key texts on the climate, most of which (reform of the carbon market, end of sales of thermal engine cars, etc.) have been adopted, but of which a part is still the subject of difficult negotiations.