The figures for energy consumption and production for the year 2025 and the Multi-Year Energy Program of France (PPE) for the period 2025-2035 have just been published simultaneously. Over one year, the production of the nuclear fleet remained stable at around 360 TWh but electricity and natural gas consumption fell by 4.5 and 5.9% respectively. The energy deficit has been reduced to €50 billion, thanks in particular to electricity exports, which reached a record level of 95 TWh, thus contributing €5.5 billion to the trade balance.

The PPE, published two years late, is presented in a decree ...

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The increase in climatic incidents is raising awareness that the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is the cause. It is then the responsibility of States to conduct policies aimed at reducing them. But a consensus is difficult to reach because the phenomenon is global and there is no link between a country's action and the benefits it will be able to derive from it. It is the accumulation over the years that is the cause. Emerging countries, because of their growth, generate more and more emissions, but they can legitimately claim that they are much less responsible ...

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Energy is a strategic sector for the economic life as well as for the independence of a country. The State, all over the world, intervenes to ensure the security of supplies and to ensure that companies and households have access to them at prices that do not affect their competitiveness and protect their purchasing power. The sector is also essential for the environment. The production and consumption of the various forms of energy must limit as much as possible the release of particles that are harmful to the health of the inhabitants living in the vicinity as well as the ...

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