Anti-nuclear Greens’ MP to oversee French nuclear security

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The former Minister of Territorial Planning and Environment under Lionel Jospin, Dominique Voynet, has just been appointed to the High Committee for Transparency and Information on Nuclear Security (HCTISN). While the current ecolo MP has for years assumed his anti-nuclear positions, this announcement goes badly with the media as well as with politicians. Back on the rise of a former doubian doctor, now recognized in politics as the "fossy" of t…

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The designation of the ecolo opposed to the atom within the HCTISN raises shields among some deputies from the centre to the far right. The presidency of the National Assembly affirms that it will not revert to this designation.

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In a letter, the President of the National Assembly justifies the appointment of the former Minister of the Environment to a nuclear-related body.

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Known as a fierce opponent of the nuclear power, ecologist Dominique Voynet is the subject of extensive criticism of his appointment to this committee.

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MPs Antoine Armand and Raphaël Schellenberger wrote to Yaël Braun-Pivet to protest against this appointment, accusing the environmental leader of wanting "to smear French nuclear power".