In France, the self-proclaimed “ecologist” parties speak very little of nature, of sustainable development, even less of progress.
They are first and foremost the heroes of civilizational decline and deconstruction.
Their obsession is “societal” issues, with an ideological positioning that consists in methodically destroying everything that precisely allows us to form a society.
Mayors of big cities, they focus on banning Christmas trees rather than improving the living environment, while others adopt anarchist and revolutionary discourses that encourage violence.
It is therefore up to the right to take up the challenge of ecological transition.
It has the legitimacy: introduction in 1964 of the polluter-pays principle, creation of regional natural parks in 1967, first circular for the protection of the coast in 1976, environmental charter integrated into the constitutional bloc in 2005 under the presidency of Jacques Chirac , Grenelle of the environment supported by Jean-Louis Borloo and Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007... She must assume it, because the ecological emergency is very real.
The 2023 IPCC report reminds us of this, as do the fires, last summer's heat wave and the low rainfall this winter.
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The climate crisis is causing, and this will accelerate, a disruption of the economy and our consumption patterns.
Ecology must become, it is a necessity, the central point of all our public policies.
So how do you reconcile growth, progress and ecological transition?
The ecology that we propose must reflect our values: it is an optimistic ecology, rooted in our territories, universal, guaranteeing individual freedoms, respectful of our traditions and resolutely committed to the middle classes.
It is not afraid of the market but on the contrary wants to guide it so that it provides the levers necessary for the transition.
Right-wing ecology is based on progress and innovation that will allow the radical transformation of production, the development of individual electric transport and the modernization of public transport.
Collective Grandstand
It is the antagonist of this dogmatic and punitive left-wing ecology which accentuates social and territorial fractures instead of reducing them.
It does not oppose the “metropolises” and the “peripheries”, unlike the Parisian left which thought it judicious to circumscribe the “low emission zone” (ZFE) to the sole perimeter of the capital.
It does not relegate the middle and working classes to the exclusion of urban centers reserved for a privileged few.
It is neither in posture nor in imposture.
For this, right-wing ecology does not hesitate to use all the means to limit the production of greenhouse gases, without ideology or obscurantism.
As such, it supports the development of renewable energies as well as that of the French nuclear industry.
Decarbonized,
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Combined with renewable energies, the development of the nuclear sector will guarantee the energy independence that France needs and limit our dependence on variations in energy prices.
For this, right-wing ecology relies on progress and innovation that will allow the radical transformation of production, the renovation of buildings, the reuse of materials, the development of individual electric transport and the modernization of public transport.
Lucid, pragmatic, she does not slip under the rug the issues posed by "all-electric" vehicles, in terms of the competitiveness of our industries, the installation of charging stations outside major cities, the financing of all investments necessary for such a transition.
The incantations, the arrogant lessons and the increasingly heavy taxes direct the opinion instead of accompanying it in the necessary transition.
Collective Grandstand
For this, right-wing ecology intends to preserve the purchasing power of the French, many of whom still have to improve the insulation of their homes, and 38% of whom still own a diesel vehicle over twelve years old or a gasoline vehicle over 18 years old. years.
They will have to be accompanied: the incantations, the arrogant lessons and the increasingly heavy taxes direct the opinion instead of accompanying it in the necessary transition.
For this, right-wing ecology intends to protect the French by protecting their environment.
She takes care of the quality of the air as well as the food of her compatriots.
It puts the protection of our forests and our agricultural lands, our resources and our common heritage at the top.
For this, right-wing ecology is as much interested in mitigation as in
adaptation.
Limiting our emissions, respecting the Paris agreement, being exemplary on an international scale is an economic and moral necessity.
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Adapting our country to the lack of water, the risk of fires, the acidification of the Atlantic, the weakening of the French coast and our overseas territories is an obligation to survive.
At a time when our political family is wondering about its future, we believe that the environmental issue must again become first in our ranks.
The right owes it to French ecology.
The latter cannot sink into a litany of prohibitions ranging from pony rides to the Tour de France, contemptuous postures and a thousand leagues from the issues.
The right also owes it to its history.
Party of government, how could it claim to govern again without convincing of its ability to curb the climate crisis?
The petitioners :
Antoine Vermorel-Marques, deputy LR
Agnès Evren, LR MEP
Christine Lavarde, senator LR
Jean Philippe Vetter, president of the LR group in Strasbourg and at Eurometropol
