“There is no real desire to have a structuring sobriety policy”, believes a member of Greenpeace

“The term ‘measured sobriety’ seems to mean ‘not too much sobriety’ in the mouth of Emmanuel Macron“, estimated Monday September 25 to France Inter, the energy transition project manager at Greenpeace France Nicolas Nace, after the presentation of the ecological planning axes by the President of the Republic.

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“We have the impression that we have to fit the term in order to check a box”

During his speech, where he notably set the objective of producing one million heat pumps per year by 2027, Emmanuel Macron several times used the expression “measured sobriety”. “OI have the impression that we have to use the term to tick a box, but that there is no real desire to have a structuring sobriety policy“, still believes Nicolas Nace.

“Obviously we must take into account economic and social issues with purchasing power, however we have a very focused discourse on industry and technological solutions” And “very insufficiently on sobriety policies“, concludes the Greenpeace project manager.