The deputies of the National Rally, then those of the Les Républicains group, seized the Constitutional Council to challenge various measures of the law for the acceleration of renewable energies, they announced Thursday, two days after its approval in Parliament.
The RN lambasts in a press release a “flight forward in favor of intermittent energy” in connection with “the wind and solar energy lobbies.”
In its referral to the Constitutional Council, the far-right group believes the law creates a “equality gap” between renewable energy producers and other energy companies.
The “nuisances” of wind turbines
Marine Le Pen’s group had scrapped the debates against the bill, attacking the “nuisance” of wind turbines. “It destroys our landscapes”, “it twists the eyes and the brain”, he had finally released the deputy Pierre Meurin.
The RN points to a tariff modulation mechanism that could be implemented to support renewable energy projects in less favorable areas from the meteorological point of view (article 3 bis B). The group also points to “a guarantee fund destined to compensate part of the economic losses that would derive from the cancellation by the administrative judge of an environmental authorization” (article 5 bis).
The RN deputies also attack the recognition of imperative reasons of greater public interest (RIIPM) for certain renewable projects (article 4), a measure intended to limit certain disputes. In his eyes, “constitutes de facto and de jure an unjustified advantage that significantly unbalances the weapons of judgment in favor of the energy operator.”
At the end of the afternoon of this Thursday, the deputies of LR announced in turn that they would take over the Constitutional Council. Among other criticisms, they also invoke a breach of equality between energy producers, with rate modulation, as well as a “violation of the right to a fair trial” with article 4 on the imperative reason of superior public interest.
Source: BFM TV
