“Transparency will be the key and will be the rule”, assures Olivier Véran

“Transparency will be the key and will be the rule”assures the government spokesperson on Tuesday August 30 on franceinfo while a Defense Council devoted to the supply of gas and electricity to France will take place on Friday. “These are collegial, collective decisions”insists Olivier Véran who recalls having participated “to more than a hundred defense counsel”, while these meetings organized behind closed doors are regularly questioned by the opposition. Since the start of the Covid pandemic, the government has regularly used it to make important decisions.

>> Fuel, gas and electricity savings: 50 years before the war in Ukraine, the end of energy carelessness

“There will be regular communications, I don’t know what form it will take yet, but it’s essential to share it”assures the government spokesperson. “Don’t see it as a secret forum for discussion”he assures.

However, Olivier Véran defends the holding of these defense councils, whose meetings will take place with the President of the Republic, ministers and experts. “There are subjects of the order of national security and of high strategic value”he describes.

Dedicated Energy Defense Council Friday ➡️ “We can’t talk about gas and energy without talking about Russia and the war in Ukraine. There are subjects of high strategic value”, explains Olivier Véran. vocation to work on these questions.” pic.twitter.com/dGnJh0RvXt

— franceinfo (@franceinfo) August 30, 2022

“Would you see me speaking with you very naturally behind a microphone about the Russian strategy to counter the economic sanctions and reprisals in terms of stopping the gas supply?”he pretends to wonder. “The oppositions are intended to be able to work on these issues and to have information, including under the seal of defense secrecy”he concludes.