After an unexpected and long battle about its energy transition law, the French Parliament finally adopted the bill on the transition énergétique on 22nd July, just months away from the decisive global climate conference COP21 in Paris. With this final decision in the third reading, the Assemblée Nationale (AN) brought the law proposal back to its origins from 2014 and eliminated some major roadblocks introduced by the conservative Senate. Kathrin Glastra summarizes the law’s goals and the next steps. A quick reminder: this framing law is based on the conclusions of the national stakeholder debate on the energy transition held between 2012 and 2013. Its aim is to build a comprehensive strategy for the energy transition, starting from the structural challenges France faces to make its energy system sustainable. Presented by Energy Minister Ségolène Royal as the most ambitious law project for greening the French economy, the law proposal should have passed much earlier by accelerated procedure. However, the two French chambers – the Assemblée Nationale and the Sénat – fought a hard battle about … Continue reading So far, so good? The French energy transition law in the starting blocks