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French Assembly Rejects Gremillet Energy Bill After Moratorium on Renewables

Rassemblement National has warned it will file a censure motion if the government publishes the PPE3 decree before completing the parliamentary process.

François Bayrou à l'Assemblée nationale, le 25 juin.
Le ministre de l'Energie Marc Ferracci et la directrice générale d'Engie Catherine MacGregor, lors d'une visite à parc éolien de Yeu-Noirmoutier, en Vendée, le 23 juin 2025
Le Premier ministre François Bayrou, le 18 juin 2025 à l'Assemblée nationale, à Paris
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Overview

  • On June 24, deputies voted 377 to 142 against the amended Gremillet law, overturning its moratorium on new solar and wind projects.
  • Les Républicains and Rassemblement National reshaped the text to include measures like scrapping European market pricing rules and reopening the Fessenheim nuclear plant.
  • Lawmakers from Ensemble pour la République, MoDem, Horizons and the left formed a united front in opposition while LR largely abstained and RN stood alone in support.
  • The government intends to issue the third multi-annual energy programming decree (PPE3) by decree before the bill finishes its parliamentary navette.
  • Rassemblement National has threatened to bring a censure motion if the executive bypasses lawmakers by publishing the PPE3 decree out of order.