Wind power currently costs 65 euros the MWh

Members and "cooperators" of Europe ecology - the Greens began to vote today to refer to their presidential candidate. The four contenders debate last time tonight at Lille.

We are both the same program. It will be to choose one that will best embody this project. My strengths, I believe, based on my journey and the fighting I have done. I enjoyed both of institutional political experience as President of the European Parliament development commission, I have three election campaigns in my assets (European, regional and cantonal). I think precisely that better pedagogy for the ecological transformation of the economy is to conduct fighting, say the choice before us, I am not confusing pedagogy and demagogy. Our proposals are innovative, they often face acquired positions. Policy, are the clear choice. Cannot change the world without determination as if it were sufficient to love one another and others.

It is important to decide politically out of nuclear power. This means, not to build new nuclear reactors, and close the oldest requiring heavier investments. Should be the latest plants to go until the end of their operation - thirty years - and take this time to develop a real sector of renewable energy. Nuclear power is an economic error. No other relied as much to this energy. Contrary to a widespread idea, only renewable energy make us truly independent energy imports. This is not the case of nuclear power, since the France must import uranium that it uses and that it is also a fossil which we do not control the cost. Moreover, the nuclear power does us not from imports of electricity: the France is importing net electricity consumption peak. Finally, it is wrong to say that the cost of the KWh of nuclear origin is cheaper. To achieve the same level of heating, people equipped with electric heaters require a greater amount of energy. Electricity supplied by the future EPR reactor costs 60 euros the MWh. Wind power currently costs 65 euros the MWh. However the cost of this energy decline while that of nuclear power will mount because, among other things, the new security measures that the France will need to take. The price asked by EDF to consumers is a "political" award: it underestimates the cost of the dismantling of the facilities and storage. Finally, electric heating is responsible for a deep social injustice. Modest people, living in badly isolated housing, have huge bills. Nuclear power is an absurdity that cost and still expensive for the poor. The President of the Republic promotes the French as nuclear industry as a leading-edge sector that the world want us. But what are the prospects for Areva Talking about five reactors to be built in the world each year. If a hypothesis of EUR 4 billion per reactor, this is a market of 20 billion euros. It is therefore a very small market. That renewable energy is estimated at 200 billion euros. It would be really stupid to rely on a technology of the last century.

Ecological conversion is highly creative job. In Germany, 270,000 jobs have been created by the development of renewable energy and is expected 500,000 by 2020. One can think that the number will be comparable in France if it leads new policies. A compare with 50,000 jobs related to the nuclear sector. Also, these jobs will be kept until the end of this industry and disbanded for decades, approximately seventy years. Another example of ecological conversion: the know-how of the Saint-Nazaire shipyards could be used in the manufacture of wind turbines. Strengthen the insulation of buildings could create four times more jobs for the same turnover as the development of the gas sector, which is largely based on the first import of ma-tière. The development of the industrial sector of renewable energy will support the economic activity of innovative SMEs, creators of jobs and above-toyennes than the multinationals. We support local agriculture, only able to feed humanity while creating jobs. This return to a peasant agriculture that may occur with the review of the CAP in 2013, could generate up to 1 million jobs in Europe.

The need for financing of ecological conversion is evaluated by the European Commission to 2.5 of GDP, or around EUR 50 billion per year. In these 50 billion, 15 billion should be public investment because they will be never profitable. To finance, we deletes-NORS also 10 billion unecological tax niches, such as the VAT reduced on pesticides, such as the exemption from VAT on used kerosene on domestic flights, or subsidies to agrofuels. Us removes also NORS VAT reduced on the restoration, the exemption of tax on overtime. Finally to finance the balance, we will put in place a climate-energy contribution. But the State must fund not everything! It is not the taxpayer to pay the House of Mrs Bettencourt insulating! We will combine this policy to a policy of standards: for example, an assignment of property may be made if the insulation work are not carried out. We are going to "steer" a part of the savings to fund these projects. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, when he was Minister for the economy, had imposed in the life a part dedicated to SMEs. Could take this idea and require insurers to invest in green investment financially profitable through energy savings.