France: Emmanuel Macron, upset heir of the COP21
"Paris Agreement in flames, Macron looks away" can we read on a giant portrait of Emmanuel Macron posed on the ground to mark the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement In Paris, December 10, 2020. REUTERS - BENOIT TESSIER
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Five years ago, 195 countries signed the Paris climate agreement.
At the time, Emmanuel Macron was François Hollande's Minister of the Economy.
Today, the French president still aims to be at the head of the fight against global warming.
But his record is mixed, his image of "green president" is tarnished.
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The shattering departure of the
United States
from the Paris Agreement had the effect of an electric shock.
Less than a month after his arrival at the Élysée, Emmanuel Macron seizes his chance and launches: “
Make our planet great again
”.
A call to researchers around the world.
The initiative hits the mark.
The French president wins his ecological visa on the world stage.
Three years later, Emmanuel Macron's green suit has lost its freshness.
Nicolas Hulot
slammed the government door.
The majority of them have scrambled to ban pesticides.
Greta Thunberg put the middle school children in the streets.
The carbon tax does not resist "yellow vests".
And the successes are quickly forgotten.
Advances such as the abandonment of
Notre-Dame-des-Landes airport
or the stopping of the huge
Europacity
real estate project are
not making an
impression
.
He is now trapped in the climate convention, accused of forgetting his promises to green the country.
Emmanuel Macron's green message is scrambled.
Environmentalists are trying to take advantage of it.
“
Make our planet great again
” is only a “
marketing slogan, a betrayed promise
”, tackles Yannick Jadot.
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To read also: Are young people the solution to save the climate?
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