2023-06-15 21:24:36
On April 1, opponents of the extension of the factory of European semiconductor giant Stmicro Electronics demonstrated in Crolles, near Grenoble. This extension is however essential to the reconquest of the industrial sovereignty of Europe. And the site has high standards when it comes to water consumption. JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK/AFP
INVESTIGATION – Multiplying procedures, demonstrations and sometimes violent actions against investment projects, they undermine reindustrialization.
How far will the mess go? France has suffered from terrible deindustrialization over the past twenty years. A million jobs were destroyed from 2001 to 2017, entire territories fell into disuse. Long-term unemployment has been the lot of workers and the country has seen its trade deficit widen dramatically. While a reindustrialization movement is beginning, an unprecedented challenge is developing to hinder it. It emanates from militants of a pure and hard ecology, pulling towards the ultra-left. When their fight is combined with the demands of local residents and receives the support of local politicians, the crystallization can prove to be explosive. This is what was fatal to the industrial project of Bridor, in Liffré near Rennes. On May 30, the Le Duff group, owner of Bridor (and of Brioche Dorée, Del Arte, etc.) announced that it was giving up building its pastries factory, tired of legal action launched by opponents. “We can’t afford…
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