Gas, electricity, fuel: energy prices have climbed since the start of the school year and have pushed the government to take support measures for the most modest households, with the payment of "energy vouchers" in particular.
An additional aid of 100 euros for the month of December was thus announced by the executive.
But for Yannick Jadot, we must go further.
The ecological presidential candidate defended, on the set of BFMTV this Sunday, the payment of an energy check of 400 euros additional "
for the most modest households
".
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Yannick Jadot also proposes to introduce an energy check extended to the middle classes, in the amount of 100 euros. According to him, 16 million French people could benefit from this device. Currently, the energy check concerns 5.8 million low-income households, and allows them to pay part of their energy bills. The amount of the energy check varies, for these households, from 48 euros to 277 euros.
"
We have known for years that energy prices are volatile and can increase
", also argues the winner of the primary environmentalist, who calls for focusing political efforts on reducing household energy consumption.
“
The basis is to reduce electricity consumption
,” says Yannick Jadot.
"
[So far] there have been no efforts to insulate the homes
."
The French energy mix in question
The rise in electricity prices, linked to that of gas, is relaunching the debate on the energy mix in the context of the presidential campaign. Over the past week, President Emmanuel Macron has renewed his confidence in nuclear power, saying France "will
continue to need [it]
" in the years to come. As part of its France 2030 investment plan, the government has even allocated € 1 billion to the development of French nuclear technologies. A strategy to which Yannick Jadot does not subscribe, arguing that over time, nuclear energy is intended to cost “
more expensive
”, and in particular more than renewable energies.
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A prediction confirmed by figures from the International Energy Agency (IEA) and which is linked to the continual decline in renewable energy prices in recent years.
However, nuclear power will have the advantage, still according to the IEA, of producing energy more constantly since a power station will run at full speed 70% of the time in 2050. A wind turbine will run 25% of the time at full power. power and a solar panel 14% of the time.
