The PS and EELV do not exclude voting the text, examined from Monday in the Assembly. LFI, which has so far been systematically opposed to the government, plans to abstain.
by Sandrine Cassini
“We make 200 balls pay for 100 balls,” smiles Boris Vallaud. For the first time since the mandate, the new Ecological and Social People’s Popular Union (Nuts) feels in a position of strength. Or at least listened to by the government, which will try to vote in Parliament its bill on renewable energies (ENR). Thus, the Socialist Party (PS) and its group president in the National Assembly do not exclude voting in favor of this text discussed in public session, Monday, December 5, as long as the Macronist majority makes an additional effort.
“We weigh with all our weight to make this text a law that we could have written. If this is the case, we will not have a reason to oppose it,” develops the deputy of the Landes . “We have made a series of proposals: two in particular have been heard,” corroborates the deputy for Meurthe-et-Moselle Dominique Potier, who pushes the idea of ”exploiting the river network” to produce renewable energies and “Activity parks of the production zones” of ENR. “These two innovations aroused the agreement of the government,” said the elected official, who participated in meetings in Matignon and in the Ministry of Ecological Transition.
Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher received group presidents, and her cabinet worked with the various political parties. “It is true that the government seemed to want to listen. The discussion exists,” admits the environmental deputy of Indre-et-Loire Charles Fournier, who relies on the inflections brought to the Senate, where the project of law was almost voted unanimously. If the ecological group at the Palais-Bourbon is careful, for the moment, to reveal any instruction, it will “do everything to make it votable”. “This is the first time that there is a text where the majority cannot build with the right,” continues Mr. Fournier. MEP David Cormand, one of the thinking heads of Europe Ecologie-les Verts (EELV), encourages environmentalists to “get their hands dirty and finish work”.
“horse Nuclear Troy “
For the first time since the start of the legislature, France Insoumise (LFI) does not exclude “abstain”. Until then, Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s movement had systematically opposed all the bills of the executive. “We are between a vote against and an abstention”, justifies the “rebellious” deputy of Seine-Saint-Denis Aurélie found, who remains very critical against the bill on the ENR, which would not be intended, according to her, “To” leave the market “and” withdraw the barriers for companies that want to invest “. “The government and the majority are attentive to our red lines, even if we are not in co-construction,” corroborates his LFI colleague from Val-de-Marne Clémence. LFI thus admits “many victories in committee”, such as “preservation of biodiversity” or a “strengthening of consultation”.
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