Ecological sovereignty: France’s concept for Europe

At the end of last week, the French government invited the Brussels press corps to Paris to present its plans, as customary at the rotating presidency. Emmanuel Macron himself remained very vague. He talked about advancing the most important legislative texts of the „Fit for 55“ climate package by summer, i.e., the declared goal of reducing climate-damaging CO2 emissions by 55 percent by 2030 compared to 1990. And explicitly mentioned that the housing and transport sectors would also have to contribute to „decarbonization“ in the future.