Nuclear Politics in France
BROUARD, Sylvain
Centre de recherches politiques de Sciences Po (Sciences Po, CNRS) [CEVIPOF]
Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques [FNSP]
Centre de recherches politiques de Sciences Po (Sciences Po, CNRS) [CEVIPOF]
Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques [FNSP]
BROUARD, Sylvain
Centre de recherches politiques de Sciences Po (Sciences Po, CNRS) [CEVIPOF]
Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques [FNSP]
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Centre de recherches politiques de Sciences Po (Sciences Po, CNRS) [CEVIPOF]
Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques [FNSP]
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en
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Ce document a été publié dans
The Politics of Nuclear Energy in Western Europe, The Politics of Nuclear Energy in Western Europe. 2017p. 125-156
Oxford University Press
Résumé en anglais
This chapter covers French nuclear policy since 1945. It emphasizes that, although public opinion had been consistently more anti-nuclear than pro-nuclear, there has been a pro-nuclear consensus among the French governing ...Lire la suite >
This chapter covers French nuclear policy since 1945. It emphasizes that, although public opinion had been consistently more anti-nuclear than pro-nuclear, there has been a pro-nuclear consensus among the French governing parties and therefore a low salience of the nuclear energy issue in political competition. The chapter shows that the Greens, founded in 1984, became the first relevant party opposing nuclear energy and paying more attention to nuclear energy in their manifestos than any other party. The chapter argues that, since they became a relevant player, the issue has become important in defining the difference between the parties of the left and right. New policy proposals and eventually also real policy changes were introduced. France still is the country relying most on nuclear energy, but the growth of the French nuclear programme has been stopped. The chapter concludes that the future development of nuclear energy in France is uncertain.< Réduire
Mots clés en anglais
French nuclear policy
Coalition politics
European Union
Nuclear politics
Green party
Left–right division
Policy reversals
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