Arnaud Montebourg had been discreet since his withdrawal from the race at the Élysée.
Heard on Wednesday by the commission of inquiry of the National Assembly aimed at "establishing the reasons for the loss of sovereignty and energy independence of France", the former minister of Productive Recovery of François Hollande was obviously arrested on the nuclear issue.
A sector whose future was one of the cardinal points of the electoral agreement sealed between the PS and EELV in November 2011, on the eve of the presidential and legislative elections of 2012.
This provided, among other things, for the “
immediate ” closure of the oldest nuclear power plant in France, that of Fessenheim, and the
“gradual
” shutdown
of 24 additional reactors.
Worse for Arnaud Montebourg, the text also provided for a reduction from 75 to 50% of the share of nuclear power in the country's electricity production.
“
Everyone wondered how this agreement was made.
The agreement was presented by Martine Aubry at the time as a
“
change of society
”
and by Céline Duflot as a
“
historic rupture
”
.
For me, it's a table corner agreement
, ”stings the former socialist.
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“
We agreed on a political marker, so as to mark the spirits.
(...).
And after, the galley is in vogue!
laughs Arnaud Montebourg.
The one who was also Minister of the Economy remembers that there “
had been a vote at the national office of the PS
” on the electoral alliance: “
There were 33 votes for, 5 against.
I was one of the 5. There were a few speeches, explaining that it was not acceptable that one could with the stroke of a pen break up an industry of this nature.
I wasn't the only one, but there weren't very many of us.
»
Hollande “entangled in his compromises and his syntheses”
The opportunity to deplore, in front of certain parliamentarians, the electoral behavior of his former companions: “
The reactions that followed one another within my party at the time were mainly linked to the constituencies and far too little to the problems of the reactors.
The former minister is even more severe towards the quinquennium in which he participated.
“It was from that moment that the problem of the weakening of the nuclear industry began,”
grumbles Arnaud Montebourg.
Returning to the discussions that agitated the Ayrault government behind the scenes, the former contender for the Élysée Palace denounces a public action leading to a "
technical, economic, financial and industrial impasse
", a symbol of "
a destruction of pure value through political stupidity.
»
Following in the footsteps of other active personalities or former public officials interviewed, the one who converted to the production of "Made in France" honey also raised his voice against the former President of the Republic François Hollande, "
entangled in its compromises and syntheses
.
The former head of state will also be questioned by the same commission on March 16, the date also chosen for the hearing of … Nicolas Sarkozy.
The socialist will then be able to respond in good and due form to the pikes of his former minister.
