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2:50 p.m. : “I would like us to move faster on nuclear power by simplifying things. We will follow the same logic with a legal text on this subject.”
2:50 p.m. : The president wants to hire a “land release”. “We will install more solar panels”, he said. He cites in particular the city with “the question of large car parks”, “certain wastelands”, “the edges of highways”, “the edge of railway tracks”. Emmanuel Macron wants “to advance” on agrivoltaism, i.e. the combination of agricultural activities with solar panels.
2:45 p.m. : “The second major lever will be the bill on renewable energies presented on September 26 in the Council of Ministers. There will be regulatory measures: with a reduction in litigation times, measures on connection to the network, simplification procedures to go quickly”.
2:42 p.m. : “We need a massive acceleration. The first pillar will be planning and declination. (…) The strategy will be broken down by sector and geography. The idea will be to territorialize this planning with elected officials”.
2:40 p.m. : “We must be able to do twice as fast as what we have just done”for renewable projects, announces Emmanuel Macron.
2:37 p.m. : “Offshore wind power will be developed, with around fifty offshore wind farms [comme objectif.]”
2:34 p.m. : “We have economic difficulties, it’s true, on nuclear power, but I want to remind you what state it was in in 2015, we fixed it. We have the capacity to move towards a massive nuclear investment plan” .
2:32 p.m. : “Our strategy is to combine three objectives: sovereignty, therefore less dependence, the climate, i.e. decarbonizing and the third thing is affordable costs for businesses and households”.
2:38 p.m. : “You mustn’t sign them now!”, repeats Emmanuel Macron about the energy contracts that companies and communities could sign now with suppliers. He had already warned this morning in an interview with BFMTV.
2:38 p.m. : “This wind farm is operational but it took more than ten years. (…) We need to reduce the timeframes. A few months ago, we adopted a national energy strategy, but it there has never been so much concern about this. Times have changed.”
2:17 p.m. : Visiting Saint-Nazaire for the commissioning of the first offshore wind farm in France, Emmanuel Macron speaks to the press. Follow his speech in our live.
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2:36 p.m. : It’s 2 p.m., here are the titles:
Emmanuel Macron inaugurates today off Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique) the very first of a series of offshore wind farms, the deployment of which he intends to accelerate in the face of the energy crisis. The president will speak soon.
• The EU’s high representative for foreign policy said last night that the 27 were examining new sanctions against Russia. Josep Borrell made this statement at the end of an informal extraordinary meeting of EU foreign ministers, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Follow our live.
“Sir, I weigh my words all the time. You are the one who regrets what you are saying”has just launched Jean-Luc Mélenchon to a reporter from “Daily“who asked him if he regretted his tweets of support for Adrien Quatennens, the LFI deputy implicated in domestic violence.
The Swiss tennis player Roger Federer will play the last match of his career tomorrow in a double where he will be associated with his great rival Rafael Nadal.
1:32 p.m. : The development of different forms of renewable energy around the world created 700,000 jobs last year, despite “the lingering effects of Covid-19 and the mounting energy crisis”announces the international renewable energy agency (Irena).
12:07 : It’s noon, time to make a new update on the news:
Emmanuel Macron inaugurates today off Saint-Nazaire the very first of a series of offshore wind farms, whose deployment he intends to accelerate in the face of the energy crisis. The president is due to speak at 1 p.m.
• “Our duty is to hold our line” facing “blackmail” of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Emmanuel Macron, in a BFMTV interview this morning. Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization yesterday, which concerns the reservists.
• The EU’s high representative for foreign policy said last night that the 27 were considering new sanctions against Russia. Josep Borrell made this statement at the end of an informal extraordinary meeting of EU foreign ministers, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Follow our live.
The President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, is not “not favorable” that the pension reform desired by the government involves an amendment to the law on the Social Security budget. She was the guest of franceinfo this morning.
09:59 : The Head of State, who will inaugurate the first offshore wind farm in Saint-Nazaire this morning, wants to create around fifteen offshore wind farms by 2035 and 50 farms by 2050. To achieve these goals, “the pace needs to pick up”estimated on franceinfo Michel Gioria, general delegate of the France Énergie Éolienne union.
09:07 : It’s 9 a.m., time to make a new update on the news:
Emmanuel Macron inaugurates today off Saint-Nazaire the very first of a series of offshore wind farms, whose deployment he intends to accelerate in the face of the energy crisis. The president is due to speak at 1 p.m.
From 10 a.m., the government spokesman, Olivier Véran, will be chatting here on the theme of inflation (energy and food crisis). We are waiting for your questions in our live.
• The EU’s high representative for foreign policy said last night that the 27 were considering new sanctions against Russia. Josep Borrell made this statement at the end of an informal extraordinary meeting of EU foreign ministers, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Follow our live.
• More than 1,300 people were arrested in Russia yesterday during spontaneous demonstrations against the partial mobilization for the offensive in Ukraine, announced in the morning by President Vladimir Putin, according to the NGO OVD-Info.