{"id":1443007,"date":"2022-04-18T08:14:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T12:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1443007"},"modified":"2022-04-18T08:15:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T12:15:04","slug":"with-concern-with-le-pen-victory-growing-frances-macron-doubles-down-on-green-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/with-concern-with-le-pen-victory-growing-frances-macron-doubles-down-on-green-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"With Concern with Le Pen Victory Growing, France\u2019s Macron Doubles Down on Green Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwith-concern-with-le-pen-victory-growing-frances-macron-doubles-down-on-green-agenda%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1443007&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Emmanuel Macron has doubled down on his green agenda in the hopes of wooing leftist voters as fear grows that populist Le Pen may snatch victory.<\/p>\n<p>As France\u2019s incumbent president Emmanuel Macron faces a mortal threat to his presidency in his populist opponent Marine Le Pen, the\u00a0La R\u00e9publique En Marche leader has decided to double down on his green agenda seemingly in the hopes of winning over hostile leftist voters.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Le Pen has traditionally been far less enthusiastic when it comes to green energy when compared with other presidential candidates, with Macron now seemingly betting that the distinction will end up being the key difference that lands him a second term in the \u00c9lys\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/election-presidentielle-2022\/article\/2022\/04\/16\/emmanuel-macron-promet-a-marseille-un-second-mandat-qui-sera-ecologique-ou-ne-sera-pas_6122484_6059010.html\">report<\/a> by\u00a0<em>Le Monde<\/em>, the current French president laid great emphasis on his Green New Deal-like politics during a meeting on Saturday, claiming that he would turn France into a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/france-election-president-2022-macron-climate-change-attack-le-pen\/\">great environmental nation<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been twice as fast as the previous two five-year periods in reducing greenhouse gas emissions,\u201d Macron <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/election-presidentielle-2022\/article\/2022\/04\/16\/emmanuel-macron-promet-a-marseille-un-second-mandat-qui-sera-ecologique-ou-ne-sera-pas_6122484_6059010.html\">claimed<\/a>. \u201cWe have reduced them by 12% in five years.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBut what the IPCC has told us again is that it\u2019s not enough, we have to go twice as fast,\u201d he continued. \u201cYou know what? We will do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe choice today is clear,\u201d the President is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/france-election-president-2022-macron-climate-change-attack-le-pen\/\">reported<\/a> as saying. \u201cThe far-right is a climate-skeptic project, a project that wants to leave Europe\u2019s climate ambitions, that wants to destroy windmills.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Return of the Guillotine? Le Pen Hints at Referendum on Death Penalty in France <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i8jg3XS1Lt\">https:\/\/t.co\/i8jg3XS1Lt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1514969290457292802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Macron\u2019s reference to windmills is seemingly a nod toward Le Pen\u2019s desire to move France away from the use of wind farms, with the right-wing populist who is aiming to be France\u2019s first woman president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/04\/15\/return-of-the-guillotine-le-pen-hints-at-referendum-on-death-penalty-in-france\/\">saying<\/a> that she would implement a moratorium on new wind farms, and even aim to take down existing ones.<\/p>\n<p>The incumbent Macron seems to be betting on such a Le Pen policy being extremely unpopular with the leftists within France\u2019s population, who appear to be otherwise largely\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/france-president-election-2022-jean-luc-melenchon-young-supporter\/\">reluctant<\/a> to vote for him, even if only to keep Le Pen out of office.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>In particular, many who voted for the most successful left-wing candidate\u00a0Jean-Luc M\u00e9lenchon have reportedly struggled in deciding who they should vote for between Macron and Le Pen, with some even struggling to decide on whether to vote at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like choosing between the plague and cholera,\u201d described one young leftist voter according to a <em>POLITICO<\/em> report.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is far from certain whether Macron\u2019s efforts will have an effect, prompting fears across the European Union that they could be soon facing down a Eurosceptic, strongly nationalist France, and that they too could see voters turn to the right in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it inconceivable that you could have a president of France that is an economic nationalist?\u201d Ireland\u2019s progressive deputy PM (T\u00e1naiste) Leo Varadkar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/news\/politics\/threat-of-economic-nationalism-at-home-should-not-be-discounted-varadkar-1.4853057\">asked<\/a>. \u201cIt is not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI often worry sometimes that maybe there is a certain trajectory we are yet to follow,\u201d he also said, saying that there was a danger Ireland would shift to the right over the coming decades. \u201cThere might be a backlash against individual liberty, against international trade agreements.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Peter Caddle on Twitter:<\/span><\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peter_caddle\"><span>@Peter_Caddle<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emmanuel Macron has doubled down on his green agenda in the hopes of wooing leftist voters as fear grows that populist Le Pen may snatch victory. 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