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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
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Michael Fitzpatrick

Government report finds French energy sector '30 years behind schedule'

Wind turbines near the French village of Bethencourt. None - PASCAL ROSSIGNOL

A damning parliamentary report says France has lost three decades in the race to become self-sufficient in energy supplies, and is ill-prepared for the so-called Green transition to environmentally positive sources of electricity.

As a result of "political incoherence" and the aimless drift of energy policy since the mid-90s, France has lost the prospect of providing for its own power requirements, especially electricity.

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