Dressed up for the celebration, the 150 French citizens of the Citizens’ Environment Convention (CCC) strolled up the ritualistic yard of the Élysée palace. They present for photos in front of the patio. “I feel like Queen Elizabeth” one girl joked, as she waved to reporters. ‘ One day last summertime, I got a telephone […]

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France’s oldest nuclear power plant was lastly closed on Tuesday (30 June) – after 4 years in operation and an enduring campaign by anti-nuclear activists. The procedure to get rid of the fuel utilized by the reactors of Fessenheim power plant, which was linked to the grid in 1977, need to be finished by 2023 […]

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German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Emmanuel Macron proposed on Monday (18 May) a recovery fund of EUR500 bn to support the sectors and areas in the EU most impacted by the coronavirus crisis. The effort recommends providing the European Commission the authority to obtain money on financial markets in the European Union’s name […]

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EU states must keep borders open where possible and not succumb to coronavirus “nationalism” French president Emmanuel Macron has actually stated. “If one principle should guide our actions … it’s confidence in science,” Macron stated in a TELEVISION address from the Élysée Palace on Thursday (12 March). “We will no doubt have measures to take, […]

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