After the French government narrowly escaped a no-confidence vote in Congress yesterday, the government’s investment plan for six new nuclear power plants planned for energy independence was approved by a majority in the House of Commons today. The renewed plan, centered on building six new nuclear reactors, won 402 votes in favor and 130 against in France on Thursday, Reuters reported. In yesterday’s motion of no confidence in the government’s pension reform plan led by the opposition, 278 MPs supported the motion of no confidence in the government, only 9 votes short of the 287 votes needed to pass the motion of no confidence.
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Twitter: “Following the Senate’s approval of the nuclear program last month, the Chamber of Deputies voted in favor of it tonight with a majority… The result of building work to combat climate change and secure our energy independence.”
Agnes Pannier-Runacher, France’s Minister of Ecological Transition, tweeted: “Our goal is to make France a carbon-free and energy-independent large country.” The first cornerstone of the grand plan for the nuclear industry.
“Through this program, we are launching one of the largest scientific, industrial and human adventures our country has known since the 1970s,” said Parnille Lunache.
French President Emmanuel Macron aims to start construction of the first next-generation EPR2 nuclear reactor before his second 5-year term ends in May 2027, which is 52 billion euros (NT$1,730 billion)6 Part of a project for a new reactor.
56 nuclear reactors in France have been out of service for several months, causing nuclear power generation to fall to a 30-year low, while the implementation of the first-generation EPR reactor under construction in Flamanville, western France, is years behind and exceeds Budget.
(Responsible editor-in-chief: Zhuang Yuyu)
