We must always hear the laments of the deep country. For having forgotten this elementary principle, Brussels, which dreamed of being a world scout for environmental transition, suddenly had to put aside its great ambitions. The revolted farmers got the better of his “Green Deal”, this plan supposed to green Europe at full strength and at full speed, suddenly reduced to nothing. Here too, where European directives have until now been zealously overtransposed, the government is now standing on the brake pedal. Between a forced ecological transition and the return of the “yellow vests” or peasant jacqueries, he has made his choice. Financial investors themselves have reduced their demands on companies. Social and environmental criteria no longer constitute the alpha and omega of their investment choices. Profitability, competitiveness, that’s good too…
“In ecological transition, there is a transition”, Patrick Pouyanné, the CEO of Total, is accustomed to saying, who is asked to stop producing oil overnight
Self-proclaimed environmental defenders are in a bad position...