French energy transition debate heats up

Debate about France's energy transition bill had its start in the French parliament on 1 October 2014.

Minister of Ecology Ségolène Royal hailed the text as the most ambitious in the European Union. Mrs Royal told the parliament that the bill, a flagship project of President Hollande's term, would be Europe's only law to 'integrate all the dimensions of the energy transition and green economic growth'.

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ESO: Background information: Nuclear remains linchpin of French energy transition http://www.europeansources.info/record/nuclear-remains-linchpin-of-french-energy-transition/

République Française: Ministère de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l'énergie: La transition énergétique pour la croissance verte http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/-La-transition-energetique-pour-la-.html

EurActiv, 02.10.14: French bosses more optimistic on energy transition than German counterparts http://www.euractiv.com/sections/energy/french-bosses-more-optimistic-energy-transition-german-counterparts-308850

EurActiv, 23.10.14: Additional €20bn per year needed for French energy transition http://www.euractiv.com/sections/energy/additional-eu20bn-year-needed-french-energy-transition-309409

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