The Minister Delegate for Transport was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo”, Wednesday September 20, 2023.
Clément Beaune, Minister Delegate in charge of Transport, was the guest of “8:30 a.m. franceinfo”, Wednesday September 20, 2023. Sale of fuel at a loss, tax on plane tickets, Pass Rail, homophobia in the cinema… He responded to questions from Jérôme Chapuis and Salhia Brakhlia.
Selling fuel at a loss: “We’re not pretending anything”
“We’re not dangling anything”says Clément Beaune, while distributors do not seem to be in favor of reselling fuel at a loss. “We are mobilizing businesses today. And this is not the only measure”but just “an additional tool”, he recalls. The CEO of TotalEnergies, Patrick Pouyanné, refuses to sell his fuels at a loss and “will not go lower” than the current price of 1.99 euros per liter currently set at his group’s service stations in France, he warned on Tuesday.
Tax on plane tickets: “The objective is to finance the ecological transition”
“The additional contribution of the airline sector, that’s for sure,” will take place, says Clément Beaune, to help promote the least polluting means of transport and finance the decarbonization of the sector. But for “the exact direct or indirect modality is still under discussion”warns the Minister Delegate in charge of Transport. “The tax is a tool, the objective is to finance the ecological transition”he defends. “I am not obsessed with taxes, I am obsessed with ecological transition”, insists Clément Beaune.
“Pass Rail”: the State is “ready to contribute”
The State “is willing to contribute” At “Rail Pass”this “nice idea, necessary”affirms the Minister Delegate in charge of Transport, without specifying the amount of the contribution. “The German reference price” is 49 euros, “We have to be in this order of magnitude. I have set myself this ambitious goal that we will be ready next summer”.
Homophobia in cinema: Muriel Robin’s testimony is a “form of slap”
The testimony of Muriel Robin, who affirmed that she had not pursued a career in cinema because of her claimed homosexuality, was a “slap form” for Clément Beaune. “We felt a very clear form of sincerity and revolt,” according to the delegate minister. Saturday September 16, in the show “Quelle époque!” on France 2, the comedian and actress Muriel Robin declared that “if you are homosexual, you are not desirable, you cannot be penetrated. And in the cinema, you are worthless!”. If “personally”Clément Beaune had “this chance” to not have “lived” professional glass ceiling due to his homosexuality, he “I imagine what she says is true.”
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