France’s lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, has approved plans that call for the revision of 2015 legislation that would have reduced the share of nuclear energy in the French electricity mix from about 70% today to 50% by 2035, paving the way for president Emmanuel Macron’s government to revive the nuclear sector and build new reactors.
The assembly, by 97 votes to 26, approved an article that would revise a 2015 law introduced under the presidency of Francois Hollande to reduce the share of nuclear power.
The revised article is expected to form part of key energy proposals expected to be finalised this summer, Le Figaro reported.
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