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The price of energy has become one of the main themes of the presidential campaign. With 60 days to go before the elections, the Head of State will unveil, in the afternoon of Thursday, February 10, his energy strategy and is betting on the revival of nuclear power. Journalist Valérie Astruc is live from Belfort.
Emmanuel Macron will present his energy strategy in theafternoon of Thursday, February 10. “It is indeed the great return of nuclear power that Emmanuel Macron will announce, with a firm order for six EPR reactors, and an option for eight additional reactors“, reports journalist Valérie Astruc, live from Belfort (Territoire de Belfort) Thursday, February 10. The objective is to “fulfill France’s commitment to do without fossil fuels by 2050 and ensure energy independence with cheap electricity”she continues.
The plan will be accompanied by a massive development of renewable energies. “It is therefore a turning point, obviously with electoral ulterior motives. Emmanuel Macron seeks two months before the presidential election to place himself in the footsteps of [Charles] de Gaule, the first to have launched the nuclear subsidiary“, adds Valérie Astruc. The President of the Republic is also looking for “to pull the rug out from under the feet of very pro-nuclear right-wing candidates, and to send environmentalists back to their radicalism”concludes the journalist.