Emmanuel Macron notably announced on Thursday the creation of a “green industry tax credit” to support the production of batteries, heat pumps, wind turbines or solar panels.
Emmanuel Macron unveiled, Thursday, May 11, his strategy for “accelerate” there “reindustrialization” from France. The President of the Republic announced several measures to move up a gear, after the protectionist policy established by Joe Biden in the United States to support industry and the energy transition. Here are his main announcements.
Divide “by two” the delays for an industrial establishment in France
The first measure, unveiled on Wednesday, aims to put in place “oversimplified procedures” For “halve the deadlines” of a new industrial site in France, going from 17 or 18 months today to nine months “maximum”.
For this, while industrial land is rare, the regional bank is going to invest one billion euros to “clean up” existing brownfields and make them available, “ready to use”for future new projects.
More places in training for “future professions” or “in tension”
The Head of State has also promised an additional 700 million euros to develop training for “jobs of the future” Or “in tension” in industry. Some 15,000 “new seats” will be open from the start of the 2023 school year.
It’s necessary “develop training, sometimes shorter (…) closer to where you live, sometimes in sub-prefectures, small prefectures”he insisted, promising to “to develop the training map at all diploma levels”.
A “green industry tax credit”
Furthermore, Emmanuel Macron announced the creation of a “green industry tax credit” to support the production of batteries, heat pumps, wind turbines or solar panels. It will be part of the green industry bill expected Tuesday in the Council of Ministers, and will allow according to him “to trigger 20 billion in investments on the national territory by 2030”.
The reformed ecological bonus
As for the ecological bonus on the purchase of an electric car, it will be reformed to “taking into account the carbon footprint” of their production and thus favor vehicles manufactured in Europe since in China, the energy used to produce them is still largely based on coal.
Same logic for public orders, which will take into account environmental criteria “for key decarbonization products” such as wind turbines and heat pumps from July 2024 instead of 2026.
A European “pause” in terms of environmental constraints
The Head of State called on the European Union to do “a European regulatory break” in terms of environmental constraints, believing that they were already stricter than elsewhere and that it was now necessary to “stability”.
It’s necessary “these standards have already been applied uniformly in Europe”then justified the Elysée, specifying that Emmanuel Macron “has never spoken of a moratorium or repeal of current standards or those under discussion”.