Invited Sunday from Europe 1, economist Eric Heyer returned to the stimulus plan presented by the government.

While he welcomes the desire to set up a new form of growth, which is not restrained by the gains made before the crisis, he nevertheless wonders about the government's capacity to 'decarbonise' industrial production.

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"France in 2030 is the main objective of this recovery plan," explained Bruno Le Maire during his visit to

Le Grand Rendez-vous

, on Europe 1 on Sunday.

The Minister of the Economy did his utmost to demonstrate how the measures presented during the week by Prime Minister Jean Castex would allow the country to overcome the crisis triggered by Covid-19 through a transformation of the economy in favor of of a green transition.

"There are elements that are going in the right direction. This plan does not try to reproduce in the years to come the growth of yesterday, which is rather a good signal", notes, also on Europe 1, Eric Heyer , the director of the analysis and forecasting department of the French Observatory of Economic Conditions.

"Ecological transition is a part of this plan, as are social cohesion and training," notes this economist.

However, he believes that the dual objective displayed by the government, that is to say boosting competitiveness and responding to environmental issues, betrays a certain antinomy.

“Relaunching competitiveness at all costs, is this consistent with the concern to green production?” Asks Éric Heyer.

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"Windfall effects"

He also regrets the failure to take into account how each company has experienced the crisis so far.

“We want to do generalized, whereas we should have done very specific,” explains Eric Heyer.

"In the current plan, we must take into account the fact that we have already indirectly helped businesses with short-time working. But we have not helped all businesses, and some are in great difficulty. it would have been necessary to sort out those in great difficulty and those who have already been helped with the emergency plan launched at the start of the health crisis, "points out our economist.

Consequently, "there can be windfall effects, with companies which are not in great difficulty, do not want to 'decarbonize' their production, and will still benefit from this aid", warns Eric Heyer.