For a photo, Nicolas Hulot took off his mask when he came to Rennes on December 15, 2020. -

C. Allain / 20 Minutes

  • President Emmanuel Macron announced that a climate referendum to integrate the climate emergency into the Constitution.

  • Former Minister Nicolas Hulot welcomed this initiative during a trip to Rennes on Tuesday.

  • The former moderator warns, however, about the difficulty of moving this file forward and is waiting for financial resources.

A coincidence of the calendar.

Present in Rennes on behalf of the foundation that bears his name to present a new Breton ecological transition program, Nicolas Hulot could not dodge the question on the referendum for the climate mentioned by Emmanuel Macron.

In the flood of political reactions, that of the former Minister of Ecological and Inclusive Transition was going to be scrutinized and he knew it.

“I think it's about time,” replied the former TV host.

“There is still time, more than time, to bring the law into conformity with the reality of our time.

On a symbolic level, in the absence of a legal level, I think it is very important to put at the highest level of the constitution a subject which conditions everything that is of importance to me ”.

"There is a long way of the cross to get there"

On Monday evening, the President of the Republic announced that a referendum would be organized to integrate the defense of the climate and the preservation of the environment into the Constitution if this reform were adopted by the Parliament.

This was one of 149 proposals from members of the Citizen's Climate Convention.

This desire to consult the people was well received by the former Prime Minister Philippe.

But Nicolas Hulot remains on his guard.

“At this stage, I would be in bad faith not to be happy about it, I welcome this prospect with great interest but I know that the road will be complicated.

There is a long way of the cross to get there.

Even if the referendum confirms this objective, it will not exempt parliamentarians from voting it or not voting it, ”recalls the environmental activist.

"There is a need to demonstrate that we are giving ourselves the means to achieve our objectives"

The one who had left his post as minister due to major disagreements hopes that significant financial resources will accompany this potential change of constitution.

"Everyone will have seen that France is not at the level of objectives and that it is above all a question of means.

We need to demonstrate that we are giving ourselves the means to achieve our objectives, especially since they have just been revised upwards by the European Union.

The means were already insufficient, they will be even more so if we do not increase them.

I am talking about regulatory means, legal means but obviously legal and financial means, ”Nicolas Hulot said.

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