The left, which has continued to green itself with environmentalist colors, has just suffered a silent but spectacular defeat.
And she was careful not to show it.
Is it because it is nuclear?
Let's see what has happened over the past eight years.
In 2013, one year after the election of François Hollande, public opinion is still frankly in favor of nuclear energy: 67% against 33% (Odoxa survey).
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The disaster that occurred in Fukushima (in March 2011), the closures of nuclear power plants in Germany, the rise of environmentalists ended up producing their effects: in 2018, the year following the arrival of Emmanuel Macron , supporters of nuclear power are now only 47%.
Twenty points less in five years!
Reverse trend
What is Macron doing?
He first confirms that he will close the two reactors at Fessenheim, in Alsace, on February 22 and June 20, 2020. However, this is happening when the pandemic breaks out, with the drop in electricity consumption as a corollary. (in
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