Overview

• The law expands nuclear generation capacity by 27 GW by 2050 and requires at least 10 GW of new reactors to be launched by 2026 and 13 GW by 2030, while ordering the reopening of Fessenheim
• It imposes an immediate moratorium on new onshore wind and solar installations, a measure that renewable associations warn could eliminate up to 80,000 sector jobs
• The text sets a requirement that at least 200 terawatt‐hours of the 560 TWh of decarbonized electricity due in 2030 come from renewable sources
• Ministers and industry representatives described the moratorium as irresponsible and economically devastating, while green and left‐wing deputies criticised its consequences for climate objectives
• A government decree to flesh out France’s 2025–2035 energy strategy must be published by the end of summer and the law will return to the Senate for a final vote in early July