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During Sébastien Lecornu's visit to the Saut-Mortier power plant, in Lect (Jura), on February 12, 2026.

Industry representatives have been ready for it for years. After greater than two years of delay and as many political controversies, the third multi-annual power program (PPE3) was lastly printed by decree on Friday February 13. Thursday midday, the pinnacle of presidency, Sébastien Lecornu, was accompanied by a number of ministers to disclose the details.

The assembly was held within the corridor of the large machine room of the EDF hydroelectric dam at Saut-Mortier (Jura). During this assembly, the microphone was circulated amongst round fifteen audio system, seated in a semi-circle. Among them, the CEO of EDF, Bernard Fontana, but additionally representatives of assorted sectors, as if to show a sure concord. “The Messmer 2 plan is launched”went as far as to declare Sébastien Lecornu, in reference to this system deployed in 1974 by a distant predecessor at Matignon, “a model”Pierre Messmer. Half a century in the past, in response to the primary oil disaster, it was primarily a query of offering France with a big nuclear fleet to scale back dependence on black gold.

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