Green industrialization, how to win the bet? The informed of the eco of May 20

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The Ministers of Industry Roland Lescure, of the Economy Bruno Le Maire and of the Ecological Transition Christophe Béchu during the presentation of the government plan for green reindustrialisation, May 16, 2023 (XOSE BOUZAS / HANS LUCAS)

Emmanuel Cugny and Jules De Kiss receive Anne-Sophie Alsif, teacher of economics at La Sorbonne, chief economist of the research firm BDO France, and Patrice Geoffrey, Director of the Center for Geopolitics of Energy and Raw Materials, member of the Circle of Economists.

This week, the government went on the offensive on the “industrial reconquest” of France, presenting its strategy to promote a low-carbon reindustrialization of the country, its main battle after the painful pension crisis. Tax credit, reduction in authorization periods, turnkey industrial sites… For the government spokesman, Olivier Véran, France has entered the “30 promising” in terms of industry, reference to the prosperous period of the Trente Glorieuses.

Is the gamble tenable, technically, in terms of investment and training? Can France play alone in its corner in the face of American pressure?

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