"Every time an industrialist decides to invest in France, the first question he asks me is: do you guarantee me, over the next twenty years, low-cost carbon-free energy? This is the decisive element of an investment, "said the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, Monday morning on BFMTV. One investor confirms this new reality: "Before, competitiveness was the cost of labour. Now it's the cost of energy."
Energy has always been the sinews of economic warfare. The imperative to reduce CO emissions, the depletion of Russian resources and the lack of investment since the beginning of the century have changed the situation: energy is scarce, it is expensive. How, then, to keep the promise made to the client, and in particular to the foreign investors invited to Versailles on Monday for the Choose France summit, and guarantee abundance at low cost?
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