France's Greens Challenge Government with No Confidence Vote over Heatwave Response
The motion follows at least 1,000 deaths from the June heatwave and a Green call for an inquiry into France’s adaptation policy.
- On Tuesday, France's Green party filed a no-confidence motion against the government of Sebastien Lecornu, citing inadequate heatwave response measures as Green parliamentary leader Cyrielle Chatelain accused the administration of failing citizens.
- France experienced a record-breaking 11-day heatwave in June claiming at least 1,000 lives, with temperatures rising above 40 in many parts of the country, prompting political anger over inadequate government measures.
- "The government's lack of adaptation kills, just as much as the heat does," Cyrielle Chatelain told reporters, while health officials noted the current death toll is based on certificates that "cover only about 60 percent of deaths on average."
- Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, Sebastien Lecornu rejected the motion, accusing the Greens of spreading "false" information and calling the move "scandalous," adding "It's the first time I've lost my temper."
- While the motion is not expected to pass, the party called for a commission of inquiry into government climate policy, as epidemiologist Basile Chaix warned that "this summer we may be closer to 7,000 than to 1,000" heatwave deaths.
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VIDEO - Prime Minister and Cyrielle Chatelain had a very tense exchange this Tuesday 30 June at the National Assembly. The president of the environmental and social group in the National Assembly pointed in particular to the "responsibility" of the government regarding the heat wave that affected the country.
The Prime Minister and the Greens shook on Tuesday at the National Assembly about the deaths due to the heat wave. The first smacks the record mentioned by the latter, who deny having used it.
Sandrine Rousseau intends to make the government sweat. Guest from Sud Radio this Tuesday, the Green MP announced that she wanted to ask her group to table a motion of censure against "a government that manages something so badly that is planned", the heatwave and climate disruption. An executive so incompetent in the face of a foreseeable crisis "does not deserve to stay," she said.Series electricity covers, hospitals "not able to manage the in…
France's Greens urge no-confidence vote over heatwave response
France's Green party said on Tuesday it planned to put forward a vote of no confidence in the government over its handling of a heatwave response as the country counted heat-related deaths from two episodes of extreme heat so far this year.
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