TotalEnergies, Lafarge and about fifty polluting industrialists were invited to the Elysée Palace

The largest French industrial groups, among the most polluting, have been invited by Emmanuel Macron to meet next Tuesday at the Elysée, Franceinfo learned Thursday, November 3 from sources close to the file.

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As COP27 opens this weekend in Egypt, the president wants to encourage TotalEnergies, Lafarge, Saint-Gobain and others to quickly reduce their carbon footprint. However, fearing displacement, the government is also considering support measures.

According to franceinfo, Emmanuel Macron will tell French businessmen that the government will support them in the face of rising carbon prices, while the European Commission plans to further tighten the rules of the European market. Phase-out of Quota. Current freebies for specific industry sectors. The Elysée in particular operates under a kind of ecological shield with incentives and sanctions to avoid competition between states.

The government’s goal is to encourage them to rapidly develop green sectors such as low-carbon hydrogen to gain market share in international competition. The executive wants above all to encourage these industrial sites to continue manufacturing on French territory, rather than settling in the US, China or Brazil, where decarbonisation regulations are less stringent. Specifically, the government says these 50 manufacturers alone represent nearly 30,000 jobs spread across the region.