{"id":257981,"date":"2023-05-18T09:37:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T07:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=257981"},"modified":"2023-05-18T09:38:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T07:38:01","slug":"french-president-macron-sells-out-climate-activists-calls-for-a-pause-in-new-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=257981","title":{"rendered":"French President Macron Sells Out Climate Activists, Calls for a \u201cPause\u201d in New Regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by Eric Worrall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Macron has chosen to dump climate activists in his desperate struggle to save his political skin from the rise of French Conservative Marine Le Pen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Is Macron finally taking on the cult of net zero?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

15 May 2023, 8:13am<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Calling for a \u2018pause\u2019 of more EU environmental red tape, Macron said member states required stability if they were to attract future investment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A day later, the president doubled down on his remarks while on a visit to Europe\u2019s leading steel producer in Dunkirk. \u2018I prefer factories that respect our European standards, which are the best, rather than those who want to add more and more standards, but without having any more factories,\u2019 declared Macron.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a reason Macron chose Dunkirk. It is Marine Le Pen territory, a region where unemployment is at 9 per cent, 2 per cent more than the national average. \u2018The Dunkirk basin has lost 6,000 industrial jobs in 20 years,\u2019 acknowledged the president. \u2018We will recreate 16,000 by 2030.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But from the left there has been only rage. \u2018Absolutely irresponsible\u2019 cried the Green MP Sandrine Rousseau, who said it wasn\u2019t fewer environmental regulations that were needed: \u2018On the contrary, we have to increase them.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/article\/is-macron-finally-taking-on-the-cult-of-net-zero\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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This is a far cry from the days when Macron taunted President Trump for not being committed to the green cause with an offer to US climate scientists to relocate to France<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macron is now desperate to distance himself from climate issues a little, to prevent more of his working class industrial belt supporters defecting to his rival Marine Le-Pen. France has been rent by widespread protests against pension reforms and cost of living rises. The situation in France is now so unstable, France has cancelled hosting the World Cup Soccer tournament in 2025<\/a>, claiming they don\u2019t have enough money to support the event \u2013 but more likely, Macron is worried football violence could escalate into a popular uprising against his heavy handed incompetence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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