An expected speech. This Thursday, Elisabeth Borne will announce the guidelines of the government’s sobriety plan. The Prime Minister will speak in the early afternoon from the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. Incentive for telecommuting, a 100-euro check to promote shared cars, reduction in lighting, a great communication campaign… several measures have already been leaked in the parisian.
The tenor of the speech of the head of Matignon remains to be known. According to our information, Elisabeth Borne should first return to the recent context: that of the war and the energy crisis from which the need for a transition already demanded by Emmanuel Macron derives. A way for the executive to affirm that sobriety has become a necessity.
Urgency and a lot of time
The former minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition will then endeavor to give her vision of sobriety, indicating that it does not consist of producing less and decreasing. Understand: it must not be accompanied by a decline in economic activity. Elisabeth Borne will explain that it is more about avoiding unnecessary consumption, about responding to the emergency.
But also to think long term. The President of the Government should affirm that sobriety is a pillar of the ecological transition, an essential lever to get out of dependence on fossil fuels. Subtitles: It will take some getting used to, it’s not just a matter of urgency.
At the end of the intervention, Elisabeth Borne will thank the different teams of the Ministry of Energy Transition and will insist on the contribution of all the actors of the sectors involved. Those who participated in the construction of the plan. Finally, the Prime Minister should highlight the fact that sobriety has never been such a serious and collective issue. And that, in this context, the State must lead by example.
Source: BFM TV
