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French draft climate law criticised for weakening ambition of citizens’ assembly
(Climate Home News, 12 Jan 2021) Participants in a citizens’ assembly on climate change have accused the French government of backsliding on its promise to legislate on key recommendations.
The government has unveiled the draft of a long-anticipated climate law to accelerate France’s energy transition. It creates the legal framework to translate just under half the climate assembly’s proposals into law.
The remaining measures could be still be acted upon separately, with many requiring implementation at the EU level.
French president Emmanuel Macron committed in June last year to submit 146 of the assembly’s 149 propositions to the French parliament or to a referendum “without filter” – comments he has since rowed back from.
“I’m not going to say that because these 150 citizens have written something that it’s the Bible,” he told French media Brut in an interview in December.
Climate Home News, 12 Jan 2021: French draft climate law criticised for weakening ambition of citizens’ assembly
