France's Green Party Admonishes Government over Heatwave Response
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France's Green party admonishes government over heatwave response
France's Ecologists and the government clashed once again in the National Assembly on June 30. The topic: France's recent heatwave. The Greens reported 10,000 deaths, while the Prime Minister disputed the figure. The group filed a vote of no confidence against Lecornu's administration and called for a committee to investigate the government's response to last week's extreme temperatures.
While the motion has little chance of passing, the move reflects the dissatisfaction of some French people with the insufficient measures taken by the government to help France cope with temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius that have affected many regions of the country this month, writes Le Monde and Politico. The Green Party of France ...
The political management of the hot heats that occurred last week sparked heated debates this Tuesday at the National Assembly, while Météo France plans "arguably a new canicule episode" starting this weekend.
The French Green Party plans to table a motion of no confidence against the government due to its allegedly inadequate handling of the heat this month, Politico reports. According to party leader Cyrielle Chatelain, the government is partly responsible for all the deaths that occurred during the eleven-day heatwave, in which the hottest day ever was recorded.
French Greens announce no-confidence motion over government's heatwave response
At the Assemblée Nationale, the Greens also called for a commission of inquiry into the government's policy for adapting to global warming, while Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu defended the government's response.
On Tuesday, MP Ecologist Cyrielle Chatelain announced that her group was going to table a motion of censure: the government's "unpreparation" in the face of heat waves.
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