Emmanuel Macron called, Monday, the French to “be at the rendezvous of sobriety” to avoid rationing this winter”. Hervé Morin, centrist president of the Normandy region, points out “the immense responsibility” of the head of the State in the energy crisis.
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“If France had continued its nuclear power program, today we would not be electricity importers, we would be exporters, we would participate in the price balance and therefore in a cheaper electricity price”reacted Monday on franceinfo Hervé Morin, president of the Centrists and president of the Normandy region, while Emmanuel Macron called on the French to “be at the rendezvous of sobriety” to avoid rationing this winter by achieving 10% energy savings.
Hervé Morin points “great responsibility” of the Head of State with “the abandonment of the nuclear power sector during his first mandate by political posture”. The centrist recalls the closure of Fessenheim, “which produced 5% of French electricity while EDF had invested 600 million euros to extend it by ten years”. The nuclear power sector “has not been the subject of any investment program for years”, assures Hervé Morin. According to him, we have “wanted to please the greens of the time of François Hollande, when Emmanuel Macron exercised responsibilities, and then when he was head of state”. The president of the Centrists sees it “a state scandal”.
Hervé Morin wishes “urgently review the setting of the price of electricity”. He recalls that currently the price of electricity “is calculated according to the last kilowatt produced by the gas”. What he says leads “at absolutely insane prices”. He therefore pleads for “return very quickly to the European rules for setting the price of electricity to lower prices”.
“We wasted a sector where we had a competitive technological advantage which also allowed us to export and support the industry.”
Hervé Morin, centrist president of the Normandy regionat franceinfo
Hervé Morin believes that France had “this incredible chance of having an income. This income was the price of electricity. It was also one of our only competitive advantages compared to the Germans”. The president of the Centrists judges that this rent has been “spoiled”. He ensures that France “lost ten years” and that we now need “revive” the sector “as soon as possible” while building “24 reactors in the next 15 years”.