Next Sunday, the runoff election for presidency between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will take place in France. Not only do the two differ significantly in their attitudes towards Europe, it will also be a directional election for the French energy transition.
The political positions of the two candidates in the battle for the French presidency could not be more different. While incumbent Emmanuel Macron wants to continue his line on many issues, Marine Le Pen of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party intends to radically transform France if she will win the election. Not only would the position of France - Europe's second strongest economic power - vis-à-vis the European Union change, but the impact on the French energy transition would be ...