An exceptional guest. John Kerry, former Secretary of State of the United States under the presidency of Barack Obama and special envoy of Joe Biden for the climate, is the guest of franceinfo channel 27, Friday March 31, after his meeting with the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna. He answers questions from journalist Patricia Loison on the climate crisis, tensions between the United States and Europe over the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the conflict in Ukraine where Westerners are engaged alongside Kiev in their fight against Moscow, and of course the situation in the United States, where former President Donald Trump was indicted on Thursday evening. Follow our live.
Which American policy for the climate? After Donald Trump’s term, Joe Biden was expected to turn on the climate issue. John Kerry must clarify how Americans want to wage this battle and what their responses will be in the ongoing trade war over green energy.
Tensions around the Inflation Reduction Act? The American president, who unashamedly defends “Made in America”, has had a pharaonic subsidy plan adopted for the energy transition, in particular via tax incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles, the effects of which European manufacturers fear. This plan has been strongly criticized for several months by Brussels and European leaders.
Will he react after the indictment of Donald Trump? The former US president is expected to be summoned to court in New York on Tuesday after his criminal indictment in the Stormy Daniels case. A file that could change the situation of the next American presidential election, in 2024, when the billionaire has already declared himself a candidate to be invested again by the Republican Party.