‘Sensible’: France prioritises nuclear and drops renewable targets in new energy bill

France has decided to drop its carbon targets and prioritise nuclear energy. France is talking about building up to 14 new nuclear power stations. Sky News host James Macpherson said the new energy bill seems “eminently sensible”. “What they're saying is if we have renewables well, that’s nice, that’s a good thing, but we're not saying we have to have this percentage of renewables,” he said. “Let's go nuclear - it's clean, it's efficient, it's reliable, it's going to solve a lot of problems that we’ve been talking about and if we have some solar and wind in the mix, well great, but we're not going to have a renewable target.”