Concerning a possible ban on the sale of the most polluting vehicles from 2025 (one of the measures proposed by the members of the Climate Convention), "
the government is already doing a lot to reduce the carbon emissions of vehicles
", replied Bruno Le Maire this morning on France Info.
He is also pleased that the measures to support the purchase of electric vehicles or a plug-in hybrid vehicle "
are working very well since we are selling many more electric and hybrid vehicles than what had been planned
".
The latter, however, does not say that he is in favor of new bans or new taxes, "
we must find more imaginative solutions
," he defends.
"
We can always do more
“, Recognizes the Minister of the Economy.
"
We are leaders and we must have a low-carbon economy (....) I would like us to speed up because this will make our economy particularly attractive, especially for foreign investments
", specifies the Minister.
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While the European Commission has decided to raise the objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and is now targeting a 55% reduction by 2030 and not more than 40%, "
anything that will allow us to accelerate the decarbonization of our economy, I am in favor.
I know it is expensive, but I also know that those who have successfully decarbonized their economy will be the winners of the 21st century,
”insists Bruno Le Maire.
At the moment when President Emmanuel Macron receives the 150 citizens of the Citizen's Climate Convention, "
I think this Citizen's Climate Convention is an excellent idea and if we ask the French people for their opinion, we must listen to it but without forgetting that there are elected officials and they are the ones who vote the laws
”.
On the question of a possible referendum on the introduction of notions of biodiversity, ecology and the environment in the constitution, “
as a good Gaullist, I am always in favor of consulting the French people, you should never be afraid. to consult, to listen to the French people.
In general, he is the one who is right,
”replied Bruno Le Maire.