Barbara Pompili, Minister for the Ecological Transition, was the guest of 8:30 a.m. franceinfo, Tuesday February 8. She answered questions from Sahlia Brakhlia and Marc Fauvelle.
“He’s a little too enthusiastic, Gérald”, said Barbara Pompili, about Gérald Darmanin. The Minister of the Interior said on France Inter on Sunday that“there is not a Frenchman who thinks”that Emmanuel Macron“was not a good President of the Republic”. “His tongue forked”, continued the Minister of Ecological Transition. According to her, “there are French people who are not necessarily of that opinion”.
“We raised the coal quota a little bit, because we need room for maneuver because of nuclear reactors which are shut down when they should not have been (…) But we are on proportions which are very very small”assured Barbara Pompili, Minister for the Ecological Transition, this Tuesday on franceinfo. “It’s 2 to 3% of our electricity production and it’s 0.2% of our greenhouse gas emissions in France.”
The government temporarily relaxed limits on the use of the last coal-fired power plants to ensure the electricity supply, according to a decree published last Sunday in the Official Journal. “Coal is enemy number one.assured Barbara Pompili.
“It’s good news”greeted Barbara PompiliMinister for the Ecological Transition, this Tuesday on franceinfo, whileEDF is preparing to validate the purchase of turbines from General Electric. “This means that we recover under the French flag the nuclear skills over the entire cycle. In particular on these turbines which are technological marvels and which are necessary to be able to manufacture nuclear power plants”.
Emmanuel Macron wants to bet on nuclear power. This choice does not bother Barbara Pompili, former environmental activist“The environmental activist, who I am still, absolutely wants to achieve the objectives of the Paris agreement because we need it to ensure the future of our children.”This does not mean that it is converted to nuclear power, but that it “is pragmatic”she insisted.