Élisabeth Borne invited, this Monday, September 18, the leaders of political parties to debate on ecological planning. The Prime Minister presented them with the government’s roadmap. The final objective is to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. But no new announcements. Emmanuel Macron will do them next week. After two hours of meeting in Matignon, the oppositions left without any great illusions.
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They didn’t expect much from their meeting with the Prime Minister, and they were not disappointed. Marine Tondelier is the first secretary of Europe Écologie-Les Verts (EELV): “ Meetings are useless if there is no action. We can’t be here to say “Okay, we have a new plan, we’re happy and we’re waiting for it to happen.” »
By dragging your feet
The leader of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, also came dragging his feet: “ Unbeknownst to us, we are complicit in a staging. In fact, we are given a notebook in which the state services worked. And we are told “Here’s what we’re going to do.” And then everyone is asked to speak, without there being any real consultations, discussions or negotiations. Including the very meaning of this ecological planning. »
On the right, Éric Ciotti for Les Républicains regrets the vagueness of the government’s plan: “ We’ll see what comes out of it. We have an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions. We do not have very clear perspectives on the means of achieving this, and especially on the means of financing. »
Macron reserves the announcements
Some present, and many absent. The number one of the National Rally Jordan Bardella was replaced by MEP Mathilde Androuët. As for France Insoumise (LFI), it skipped the meeting. A decision ” inconsistent and irresponsible », tweeted Élisabeth Borne, even if the Prime Minister made no new announcements today. It is Emmanuel Macron who reserves them for next week.
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