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Bloomberg
4 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
French Lawmakers Reject a Moratorium on Solar and Wind Projects
France's lower house of Parliament rejected an energy-planning bill that would have imposed a moratorium on new solar and wind projects. The National Assembly's vote Tuesday is a relief for renewable-energy developers and President Emmanuel Macron, who aims to fight global warming and reduce France's reliance on imported fossil fuels. The government plans to subsidize the construction of new nuclear reactors, swathes of renewable power and green fuels projects, and the adoption of electric cars and heat pumps.
Zawya
5 days ago
- Politics
- Zawya
Tunisia: Prime Minister announces launch of unified digital platform to track public project progress
Tunis - Prime Minister Sarra Zaâfrani Zenzri announced during a Cabinet meeting held at the Government Palace in Kasbah Saturday the launch of a unified digital platform to monitor the real-time progress of public projects. The platform will feature a dashboard to measure completion rates and establish a timeline to accelerate implementation. During the meeting, dedicated to tracking the advancement of public projects across Tunisia's governorates, Zaâfrani emphasised a significant shift in the monitoring of infrastructure and public service projects. She stated that this issue would become a core priority for the Prime Ministry, guided by a new, nationwide approach aimed at boosting public investment as a driver for private investment, increasing economic growth, and ensuring economic and social equity. Zaâfrani also announced that, for the first time in Tunisia, the 2026–2030 national development plan would be developed using a bottom-up participatory approach. Project proposals will originate from local councils, then move to regional, district councils and finally national levels. According to a Prime Ministry statement, the meeting reviewed progress across multiple development sectors, including health, transport, education, infrastructure, ICT, agriculture, industry, mining, and energy with special focus on industrial zone development projects and establishment of solar power stations. Additional sectors reviewed included integrated development, social, environmental, tourism, commercial affairs, vocational training, employment, higher education, scientific research, youth, sports, culture and others. In response to delays affecting many development projects, the Prime Minister emphasised the need to streamline public administration in line with national policy. Zenzri stressed the need for every official in the administration to fulfill their assigned role as required, to monitor daily on the ground all projects under their responsibility, and to take full accountability while working to resolve most issues promptly without any delay. She emphasised that anyone who neglects their duty in serving citizens will be held accountable. The PM urged the adoption of forward-looking and proactive approaches to handling key public service challenges, especially those impacting daily life, such as drinking water supply interruptions and power outages across several regions, particularly during holidays and other celebrations. She also highlighted the critical role of governors, delegates and local officials in promptly resolving issues and removing obstacles in order to meet citizens' expectations. She called on all government representatives to double their efforts and remain fully engaged in monitoring all matters related to public service delivery. © Tap 2022 Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (
Bloomberg
07-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Macron Says Subsidy for Energy Efficient Homes Should Continue
French President Emmanuel Macron called on his government to continue a home renovation subsidy program after the finance ministry said it would temporarily halt the grants. The program, known as MaPrimeRénov, offers financial support to homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their homes. Access to the system was frozen when the 2025 budget was delayed after the government collapsed last December, leading to an avalanche of requests when it reopened, Finance Minister Eric Lombard said.
Bloomberg
06-06-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
French Socialist Faure Reelected as Party Head by Narrow Margin
French Socialist Olivier Faure was reelected as head of the party in a narrow ballot win, signaling the group may be less willing to join no-confidence motions likely to be filed against Prime Minister Francois Bayrou during crucial budget negotiations over the coming months. While Faure, 56, was seen as the more left-leaning candidate in the party leadership contest, the strong showing by Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, who had criticized the party leader's decision to build an alliance with the hard-left France Unbowed party, suggests Faure may be pushed to tack closer to the more moderate wing of the Socialists in future policy negotiations with the government. Faure won the ballot with 50.9% of the vote, compared with 49.1% for his rival.
Zawya
26-05-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Tunisia: Prime Ministry announces key aspects of State's economic and social programme
Tunis – The Prime Ministry, on Saturday afternoon, announced the main pillars of the state's economic and social programme following a Cabinet meeting held on the same day at the Government Palace in Kasbah, chaired by Prime Minister, Sara Zaafrani Zenzri. The state's economic and social programme covers several key sectors, including health, finance, education, science, industry, energy, youth, sports, culture, administration, and various public services, according to a Prime Ministry statement. Promoting Employment and Improving Living Standards The programme primarily focuses on employment, improving living standards, strengthening the social protection system, and enhancing human capital, particularly by developing social policies to achieve social justice. Several measures will be adopted to preserve the purchasing power of low- and middle-income groups, expand social support for vulnerable populations, and provide guidance and assistance for project startups, the statement noted. Additionally, the programme aims to accelerate measures related to income improvement, boost economic and social integration mechanisms, create job opportunities, ensure decent working conditions, and eliminate precarious employment. It also seeks to facilitate access to housing, strengthen social cohesion, enhance public services, and develop social security and coverage systems. Implementing Legislative Reforms The state's economic and social programme also includes legislative reforms as a fundamental lever to translate economic and social approaches into tangible reality, adapting the legal framework to the current phase's requirements and challenges, according to the same source. Reforming the education system The programme also focuses on reforming and developing the education, higher education, and vocational training systems to align with labor market demands. It aims to improve the healthcare system, promote cultural, youth, and sports activities to enhance human capital, and boost investment within a comprehensive framework that encourages entrepreneurship and fosters its culture and improves the business climate. Driving investment in a comprehensive framework This approach is also based on promoting investment through a holistic strategy that includes liberating private initiative, spreading a culture of entrepreneurship, improving the business environment, optimising real estate assets, advancing public projects, and developing transport infrastructure. This involves modernising ports and airports, strengthening rail networks, expanding road networks, enhancing trade, territorial planning, ensuring food security, developing industry and tourism, digitising public services, protecting the economic fabric, regulating imports, supporting exports, streamlining customs procedures, and enforcing trade defence mechanisms. The state programme also includes accelerating the energy transition and increasing the share of renewable energy in electricity production to address growing climate and energy challenges, protecting the coastline, and promoting a circular economy. Boosting regional development dynamics The programme adopts a regional development approach based on constitutional principles to drive growth in regions, which will contribute to shaping their priorities through a new participatory methodology. This process starts with proposing programmes and projects at the local council level, then the regional council, followed by the district council, and finally at the national level. Based on this, the 2026-2030 Development Plan will be prepared, alongside supporting the system of communitarian enterprises, the statement added. Advancing the digital transformation of administration The programme also includes the digital transformation of the administration, accelerating interconnections that will serve as a pivotal lever for the state's economic and social programme. This transformation will modernise administration, ensure transparency, facilitate transactions, open new horizons for the digital economy, stimulate youth initiatives, develop remote administrative services, advance the digital economy, protect the national cyberspace, and strengthen digital trust. The Prime Ministry emphasised that an advanced methodology will be adopted to monitor the implementation of all measures and projects under the economic and social programme. This will be based on performance indicators linked to specific timelines, using modern technological monitoring tools to proactively address challenges, ensuring the timely realisation of these measures and projects, according to the statement. © Tap 2022 Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (
