Long weeks of debates and numerous passes of arms.
This is the program of the deputies who began, this Monday afternoon, the examination of the Climate and Resilience law.
A text presented by the government and defended at the opening of the discussions by the Minister of Ecological Transition Barbara Pompili, who speaks of "practical ecology", "common sense", with "simple solutions in the daily life of the French".
1. Why this text?
The measures that the government wishes to see adopted are inspired by the recommendations of the Citizen's Climate Convention.
This group of 150 citizens drawn by lot, created at the request of Emmanuel Macron in response to the yellow vests movement, worked from October 2019 to June 2020 and formulated 149 proposals aimed at limiting global warming.
In the end, the bill only includes 46 of them.
2. What are the flagship measures?
The bill includes very varied provisions ranging from the ban on domestic flights in the event of alternatives by train of less than 2:30, or the ban on the rental of accommodation classified as "thermal strainers" from in 2028 , through the creation of an ecocide offense, the experimentation of vegetarian menus in school canteens, the promotion of bulk sales, or even the limitation of advertising for products harmful to the environment.
3. Why are the debates promising to be lively?
The examination of the text will take place over three weeks, until April 16, and more than 7,000 amendments have already been tabled in an attempt to change the document submitted to the vote of the deputies.
Critics are strong and come from all sides.
First of all environmentalists, elected officials or members of associations, spurred on by the success of this Sunday's demonstrations which brought together around 110,000 people across France according to the organizers to demand a "real climate law".
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Elected environmentalists like Delphine Batho and Matthieu Orphelin are going to them, in order to relay the disappointment of the members of the Citizen's Convention for the climate whose work has been "unraveled" according to them, to organize their own debate "without filter" on the social network Twitch with experts and members of "civil society".
Conversely, some right-wing elected officials intend to step up to the plate against what they consider to be “punitive ecology” and the “judicialization” of environmental issues, in particular by opposing the new offense of ecocide.
4. Can the bill evolve?
The final text which will or will not be adopted by the National Assembly will certainly not be the same as the one presented on Monday.
In committee, MEPs have already strengthened certain measures, such as the development of bulk in supermarkets, while sweetening others, such as the article suggesting to use a deposit system for glass bottles which are opposed. the recycling industry and spirits manufacturers.
Barbara Pompili, former head of the Europe Ecologie-les Verts movement, has also already put a little water in her wine by listing the content of the text in front of the elected officials of the Palais Bourbon.
However, she hopes that "the parliamentary debate will make it possible to go further", in particular in terms of thermal renovation, with, for example, more advantageous financial aid for low-income households who wish to undertake insulation work in their home.
