Energy: Gabriel Attal wants, again, a big debate

The film about French energy policy will not be called “Un jour sans fin”, but “Un débat sans fin”. Friday, the day after a meeting between Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and environmental NGOs, Matignon announced the upcoming organization of a consultation on the energy and climate strategy. This will take place under the aegis of the National Commission for Public Debate (CNDP) which will have to look into the multi-year energy programming (PPE) and the national low carbon strategy (SNBC).

This announcement implicitly confirms the executive's intention not to rush things in energy matters. A real change of pace. At the end of 2023, the government published its draft SNBC, which was based on a consultation cycle and on the conclusions rendered in November of a first public debate already organized by the CNDP. Everything was to be translated into an energy sovereignty law, initially planned for the Council of Ministers in January. The ace. Since the reshuffle which saw the energy sector come under the control of Bruno Le Maire and Roland Lescure at Bercy, the government no longer seems ready to take the risk of putting a major piece of legislation through the test. The National Assembly, still very polarized between supporters of nuclear power and those of renewables. The bill could return to the agenda by the end of the year, but in a minimalist version.