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Nicolas Hulot is a known French environmental activist, AND a politician and a media producer. He survived in politics much longer than most "écologistes" polit

Nicolas Hulot is a known French environmental activist, AND a politician and a media producer. He survived in politics much longer than most "écologistes" politicians. I think French government decided to use more regulation and less funding (see les echos [0]). But as most regulations come from EU, its regulation power is quite limited as well, hence curious statements like this one by N. Hulot. [0] https://www.lesechos.fr/economie-france/budget-fiscalite/030430628227-logement-sante-formation-les-pistes-pour-baisser-la-depense-publique-2100297.php https://www.lesechos.fr/economie-france/budget-fiscalite/030...

JPLeRouzic 9y ago
In the CAE administration note [0] which is mentionned in the article cited above there is the following text "Environmental policies are an emblematic case. In theory, they should not weigh on the budget since it is a matter of correcting an externality problem: the solution for this is to introduce an incentive price signal, through eco-taxation or quota" [0] http://www.cae-eco.fr/IMG/pdf/cae-note043.pdf http://www.cae-eco.fr/IMG/pdf/cae-note043.pdf