{"id":264515,"date":"2023-06-29T14:40:26","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T12:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=264515"},"modified":"2023-06-29T14:40:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T12:40:37","slug":"french-president-suggests-taxing-america-to-save-the-european-green-energy-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=264515","title":{"rendered":"French President Suggests Taxing America to Save the European Green Energy Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

h\/t Dr. Willie Soon; In the wake of the Aussie, New Zealand and Canadian climate ministers demanding a new Bretton Woods, the French President has also requested a slice of the action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Macron calls for an international taxation deal to finance climate efforts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The French president wants an international effort to raise money to tackle climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BY CLEA CAULCUTT<\/a>, GIORGIO LEALI<\/a> AND PAUL DE VILLEPIN<\/a>
JUNE 23, 2023 12:37 PM CET<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PARIS \u2014 French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday hinted at a fresh push to revamp the international taxation system to finance climate efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m in favor of an international taxation to finance efforts that we have to make to fight poverty and in terms of climate [action]\u2026It doesn\u2019t work when you do it alone, the [financial] flows go elsewhere.\u201d Macron said during a press conference at the end of the two-day summit in Paris, dismissing the idea that France could introduce a climate tax on its own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFrance already has in place two types of taxes that have been suggested: one on plane tickets, another on financial transactions,\u201d he said adding that he was going to \u201cmake others follow us and mobilize\u201d around these issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere has been a great deal of discussion on the idea of international taxation, over and above what countries and institutions are doing. Whether it\u2019s on financial transactions, maritime transport or certain other models, it will only work if it\u2019s truly international, and so it presupposes an agreement, as we\u2019ve been able to do on international taxation,\u201d he said during the closing ceremony of the summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/france-emmanuel-macron-calls-for-international-taxation-to-finance-climate-efforts\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Given the ongoing US dollar dominance of the global economy, Macron\u2019s proposed financial transaction tax is effectively a call for US taxpayers to fund the global green energy push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before you dismiss Macron\u2019s call as absurd, consider the situation from Europe\u2019s perspective. The USA is a long term provider of money to Europe. The USA is largely funding Europe\u2019s war with Russia, and has been underwriting much of the European defence budget since WW2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not sure what the USA gets in return for this generosity. Europe has openly committed to remaining neutral if the USA needs help.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps Macron is testing the water, to see if US politicians can be manipulated into providing even more money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Perhaps Macron is testing the water, to see if US politicians can be manipulated into providing even more money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":264519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818056,691820610,691820611,691820612,691818154],"class_list":{"0":"post-264515","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-climate-change","9":"tag-french-president","10":"tag-green-energy-dream","11":"tag-international-taxation","12":"tag-net-zero","14":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0-Macron-78.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-16On","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":233071,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=233071","url_meta":{"origin":264515,"position":0},"title":"French President: Stop Scaremongering About Green Electricity Blackouts","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"09\/12\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"According to French President Macron, talk of winter blackouts are \"scenarios of fear\" which have to\u00a0stop.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-192.png?fit=1200%2C628&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-192.png?fit=1200%2C628&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-192.png?fit=1200%2C628&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-192.png?fit=1200%2C628&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-192.png?fit=1200%2C628&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":257981,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=257981","url_meta":{"origin":264515,"position":1},"title":"French President Macron Sells Out Climate Activists, Calls for a \u201cPause\u201d in New Regulations","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"18\/05\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"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.","rel":"","context":"In \"climate activists\"","block_context":{"text":"climate activists","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=climate-activists"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0untitled-design_u12k.1920.webp?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0untitled-design_u12k.1920.webp?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0untitled-design_u12k.1920.webp?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0untitled-design_u12k.1920.webp?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0untitled-design_u12k.1920.webp?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":259041,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=259041","url_meta":{"origin":264515,"position":2},"title":"The EU\u00b4s Net Zero obsession will make Europe poorer, colder and darker.","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"25\/05\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Earlier this month, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen hailed the \u2018amazing progress\u2019 being made by the EU\u2019s Green Deal legislation. 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