“Taxing superprofits will not reduce our energy consumption”, declared the Minister for Energy Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, on Tuesday July 5 on franceinfo. La France insoumise (LFI), the French Communist Party (PCF) or the National Rally (RN) propose taxing the profits of companies that take advantage of inflation, such as Total Energies.
For her, “the subject is to save molecules of electricity and gas, or electrons”. Also, “we can talk about superprofit taxation, but that’s another discussion”. “Me, today, I have a roadmap to fight against global warming”she said, and “to fight against global warming, we must produce more carbon-free energy and we must reduce all energy consumption that is not necessary, it is essential”.
To accomplish its mission, the question of means is “obviously an important issue”she admitted. “I have a conversation with Gabriel Attal, the Budget Minister, just this afternoon [mardi]”, she said. During the presidential campaign, Emmanuel Macron promised to devote ten billion euros each year to ecological transition.
“Beyond these ten billion, [l’enjeu] it’s how we use them and above all to demonstrate that we are reducing our greenhouse gas emissions and that we are accelerating the deployment of renewable energies.”
Agnes Pannier-Runacherat franceinfo
“This is the whole issue of the bill that I wish to bring on the acceleration of the Energy Transition, it is the whole issue of the measures that I will take in the coming days to accelerate photovoltaic projects at the regulatory level. , onshore wind projects, biogas projects”she added.