Macron: nuclear power as election campai • Table.Briefings

The president announces a relaunch of the French nuclear program. Initially, he wants to build six new pressurized water reactors. Macron is thus positioning himself for the election campaign – even though the incumbent is not yet officially a candidate.

When will Emmanuel Macron officially declare himself as a candidate? This question has puzzled the French for weeks. The president is playing for time and is meanwhile putting himself in the limelight: As a mediator in the conflict with Russia, and now as a climate politician.

Macron: nuclear power as election campaign tool

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