Parliament definitively adopted the climate bill on Tuesday, July 20, an “
ecological turning point
” touted by the government but strongly criticized by NGOs and the left for its “
lack of ambition
”.
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The National Assembly broadly supported the text by 233 votes to 35, after a vote by show of hands in the Senate.
This law is inspired by the work of the 150 members of the Citizen's Climate Convention.
According to the Minister for the Ecological Transition, Barbara Pompili, this law represents a “
global cultural shift
”, which “
will bring ecology into people's lives
”.
It includes a series of measures such as the elimination of internal overhead lines in the event of alternatives by train of less than 2 hours and 30 minutes, or the ban on the rental of "
thermal strainers
" - G and F classified housing - in 2025 and 2028.
Presented in early 2021, the bill reflected part of the 146 proposals of the Convention retained by Emmanuel Macron.
The constitutional aspect, in order to engrave the climate in the Fundamental Law by referendum, was abandoned for lack of agreement between the two chambers.
