“Beyond the risk, nuclear power is too slow and too expensive”, reacts ecologist Eric Piolle after Emmanuel Macron’s speech

For “taking back control of our energy and therefore industrial destiny”, Emmanuel Macron unveiled, in Belfort, Thursday, February 10, at two months of the presidential election, its energy strategy for the France of 2030including a vast nuclear revival plan.

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“Beyond the risk, which is extremely high, we must remember that nuclear power is too slow and too expensive”reacted Eric Piolle, the environmental mayor of Grenoble. “They are announcing 14 EPRs, but where are we going to put them?” continued the one who supports Yannick Jadot for the presidential election.

The elected representative of Europe Ecologie-Les Verts also criticized the “maximalist scenario in terms of energy consumption in 2050”. “It’s already a problem”he estimated.