Macron said that people will be helped with the transition to heat pumps. Photo: Jacques Witt/SIPA/Shutterstock
Emmanuel Macron ruled against banning gas boilers on Monday, outlining plans to meet France's emissions targets without imposing too much burden on citizens.
The French president defended , what he called a “progress-based ecology,” which does not require a “progress-based ecology,” which does not require a “progress-based ecology.” a medicine incompatible with a productive and social model like ours.”
His promise of a painless supply-side transition to a green economy comes days after Rishi Sunak announced he would delay the transition away from petrol cars and gas boilers, diluting the net zero climate targets he said impose » unacceptable costs» on ordinary people.
Mr Macron said France would stop using coal in 2027 and cut its use of fossil fuels from 60 to 40 percent during that time, without giving details. However, he ruled out a ban on gas boilers in residential buildings.
Most rural areas
“We will not ban” the installation of new gas boilers, he said, “because we cannot leave our fellow citizens, especially in most rural areas, without a solution,” Mr. Macron said.
Mr. Sunak insisted. support a ban on the purchase of new gas boilers until 2035.
France will help households equip themselves with heat pumps, Mr Macron said, «because heat pumps are smart, they save energy and significantly reduce emissions.» He has pledged to triple production of heat pumps to reach “a million produced by 2027.”
The French “love their cars and so do I,” Mr. Macron said in a prime-time television interview on Sunday. recognizing the public's reluctance to switch to electric vehicles with higher purchase prices than internal combustion engine vehicles.
“We have to do it smart: that is, make vehicles and batteries at home,” he said. The president has openly backed the construction of four giant battery factories in northern France to fend off Chinese and US competition.
On Monday he said France's green plans would bolster its status as «Europe's most attractive country» for foreign investment and boost its “ecological sovereignty” and competitiveness.
The government will also introduce a state-sponsored system before the end of the year to allow families with modest incomes to lease European-made electric cars for around 100 euros a month.
Last year, the French government provided general subsidies that cost huge costs to public finances. Mr Macron rejected reinstating those rebates on Sunday and said the government could not afford to cut diesel and petrol taxes if it wanted to continue funding the green transition and welfare state.
But he said the government would ask the government about it. sell the fuel industry at cost and provide 100 euros in aid to the poorest workers who drive to work to stop the impact of inflation on households.
Committed to cutting emissions
France has committed to cutting its emissions by 55 percent by 2030 year compared to 1990 levels, which is in line with the European Union target. According to Macron, to achieve this, the country must go “2.5 times faster” than its current path.
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said earlier this month that France will invest 7 billion euros more in the country's energy and climate transition next year compared to 2023.
To help achieve its goals, Mr Macron said the country's two remaining coal-fired power plants would cease operation and be converted to biomass power by 2027.
Despite the promises, environmental activists have criticized Mr Macron's policies as unsatisfactory.
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Summing up his strategy, l'Opinion said he chose “optimism over restrictions” and a mini-nuclear reactor instead of an itchy wool sweater.»
«Macon's main challenge is to convince the French that his bet on optimism is not simply a matter of burying his head in the sand,» Guillaume wrote in an editorial Tabar from the newspaper Le Figaro.
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