Paris Perspective #39: France’s nuclear renaissance in a post-atomic age – Yves Marignac

French President Emmanuel Macron talks to workers at GE's main production site for its nuclear turbine systems in Belfort, eastern France, on 10 February 2022, as part of a visit dedicated to energy policy and the future of the country's atomic industry. © Jean-Francois Badias / POOL / AFP

In this edition of Paris Perspective, we look at energy transition, the future of France’s atomic energy grid and President Emmanuel Macron’s political promise of a nuclear renaissance.

One year ago, as President Macron was readying himself for the campaign trail that would lead to his re-election, he gave an address in the city of Belfort – an historically industrial town in eastern France – extolling the policies of a nuclear renaissance in France and an eventual €60 billion investment towards the building of six new EPR reactors.