“Ecology is not the buzz”, Béchu reframes his minister delegate on private jets – The HuffPost

AP / Montage Huffpost Christophe Béchu (left) and Clément Beaune (right) are divided on private jets. AP / Montage Huffpost Christophe Béchu (left) and Clément Beaune (right) are divided on private jets. POLICY – Should the use of private jets be restricted? The question divides the government. While the Minister Delegate for Transport Clément Beaune said he was in favor of “regulation” in view of the ecological emergency, his minister responsible, Christophe Béchu, disowned him on Tuesday August 23. “Ecology is not the buzz. We can talk about jets, swimming pools, yachts, golf courses (…). The subject, for the 68 million inhabitants of this country, and more broadly the billions of inhabitants that we are, is the habitability of the planet, “said the Minister for Ecological Transition at the microphone of BFMTV, also secretary general of the Horizons movement of Édouard Philippe. You cannot view this content because you have refused the cookies associated with content from third parties. If you want to view this content, you can change your choices. For Christophe Béchu, it is not necessary to “point the finger at a behavior” at the risk of “setting the French against each other”. On the contrary, “the whole of society must get going by making sure to understand and measure that in terms of sobriety and the fight against waste, we have considerable stakes”, judges he. This opinion contrasts with that of Clément Beaune, for whom private jets cannot “be a mode of individual comfort travel, while the general mobilization initiated by the president requires everyone to make an effort”. In Le Parisien, he said he was in favor of “regulation”, because these flights become “the symbol of a two-speed effort”. On the left, Europe Ecology Les Verts wants to go further. The deputy and boss of the Greens Julien Bayou, indicated in Liberation his desire to “ban” private jets to “bring (the richest) on earth to reason”. He intends to table a bill to this effect in the fall with the deputies of the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes). See also also on the HuffPost: Here is the carbon footprint of Bernard Arnaud’s private jet (but it’s not the worst) You cannot view this content because you have refused the cookies associated with content from third parties. If you want to view this content, you can change your choices.