the deputies RN then LR seize the Constitutional Council

They denounce atiebreaker”. The deputies of the National Rally, then those of the group Les Républicains, seized the Constitutional Council. They contest several measures of the law for the acceleration of renewable energies, they announced Thursday, February 9, two days after its adoption in Parliament.

The RN castigates in a press release a “leap forward in favor of intermittent energies” in connection with “the wind and solar lobbies”. In its referral to the Constitutional Council, the far-right group believes that the law favors producers of renewable energies, and thus creates a “tiebreaker” with other energy companies.

The RN’s criticisms target a tariff mechanism that could be put in place to financially support renewable energy projects in areas that are less favorable in terms of weather (article 3 bis B). The group also points “a guarantee fund intended to compensate part of the financial losses” for the project leader in the event of cancellation by the administrative judge (article 5 bis).

“Violation of the right to a fair trial”

RN deputies also attack the recognition of imperative reasons of major public interest (RIIPM) for certain renewable projects (article 4), a measure intended to limit certain disputes. In their eyes, it constitutes “an unjustified advantage significantly unbalancing the weapons of the trial in favor of the energy operator”.

Marine Le Pen’s group had scrapped throughout the debates against the bill, attacking the “nuisances” wind turbines. “It destroys our landscapes”That “twist the eyes and the brain”, ended up letting go of MP Pierre Meurin.

At the very end of the evening, Thursday, the LR deputies in turn announced to seize the Constitutional Council. Among other criticisms, they also invoke a breach of equality between energy producers, with tariff modulation, as well as a “violation of the right to a fair trial” with Article 4 on the imperative reason of overriding public interest.

The LR deputies had also fought the bill, unlike their colleagues in the Senate, where the text was very widely adopted. Referral to the Constitutional Council suspends the time limit for the promulgation of the law. The institution has one month to decide.