Although the environment would be one of the main concerns of the French, the theme failed to impose itself in the election campaign. In this context, Outre-mer la 1ère takes stock of the environmental proposals of Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen.
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Emmanuel Macron makes ecology the heart of being “new method” for a second five-year term and a major rift with his rival. He wants to reconcile progress, the environment, justice and sobriety. Added to this is the development of recycling to drastically reduce waste exports. With regard to the overseas territories, he aims to help the territories better cope with natural disasters and environmental pollution, while continuing the actions carried out during his five-year term, as he recalled in the seven letters sent to the Ultramarins last March. . That is, a new plan to protect the population from earthquakes, a second sargassum plan and a third chlorine decon plan, which have just been adopted with increased budgets.
Marine Le Pen, for her part, wants to turn the page on ecology, which she describes as punitive. It proposes an ecological transition without changing the way of life of the French. The growth must not stop. Marine Le Pen wants to give preference to national ecology, she calls it “localism”† The candidate of the National Rally also plans to give a central place in the overseas territories. If chosen, eIt will create a great Ministry of State for Overseas France and Maritime Policy.
In terms of energy, the RN candidate wants to dismantle the most troublesome wind turbines. She offers to “rgive households the 5 billion in subsidies that are mainly paid to wind turbines”† On the other hand, it wants to keep the solar parks abroad. It relies on hydraulics and geothermal energy and provides overseas territories with the ability to recycle waste to make energy. For his part, the presidential candidate, who wants to make France “L“the first major independent nation to use fossil fuels”, plans to massively increase the number of solar panels and double the volume of onshore wind turbines. To facilitate this deployment, he promises to ease administrative procedures through the vote of a “law byexception”† It is also considering the possibility of transferring renewable energy tenders to regional councils.
Both candidates support the hunt. For Marine Le Pen, this practice is a necessity that contributes to the maintenance of spaces and the regulation of animal populations.† A few days before the first round, candidate Emmanuel Macron wrote a letter to the president of the National Federation of Hunters assuring him that he had no intention of attacking it.practical head† It also intends to “Rural obstruction violation” to punish activists who want to avoid? a legal activity practiced by hunters or farmers.
Emmanuel Macron remains committed to the goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. On the other hand, if Marine Le Pen is elected, she will no longer want Europe to negotiate France’s climate targets, while confirming that she does not want to get out of the Paris accords . Please note that abroad, Brussels finances part of the actions to adapt areas to climate change and projects to conserve and restore biodiversity abroad.
