2023-07-14 23:20:12
It is a decoration that does not pass to the left. The CEO of TotalEnergies, Patrick Pouyanné, was promoted on Friday to the rank of Officer of the Legion of Honor by the Ministry of the Economy. A promotion strongly criticized by several personalities from the left and environmentalists.
The Green MP Sandrine Rousseau notably regretted on Twitter this decoration granted to a man who “destroys populations and nature”, and did not deserve “these honors”.
In the July 14 Legion of Honor promotion: Patrick Pouyanne, whose company invests in climate bombs and juggles our lives. We would have rather granted it, the Legion of Honor, to the pacifist militants who block the General Assembly of Total pic.twitter.com/5qDRueSAcM
— Chloé Ridel (@ChloeRidel) July 14, 2023
“In the promotion of the Legion of Honor on July 14: Patrick Pouyanné, whose company invests in climate bombs and juggles with our lives”, also commented the spokesperson of the Socialist Party (PS), Chloé Ridel. “We would have rather granted it, the Legion of Honor, to the pacifist militants who block the General Assembly of Total”, she added. “Is this a joke? “, also wondered the activist Camille Etienne.
destructive projects
Ecologists criticize TotalEnergies for its investments in fossil fuels, and its transition to renewables, which is considered too slow. “70% of (TotalEnergies) investments by 2030 will remain in fossil fuels, so that its oil and gas production will continue to increase, probably by more than 8% by 2030”, had explained the economist Maxime Combes to France Info in mai.
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The oil group is also accused of carrying out destructive actions for the environment, such as the construction of a giant oil pipeline in Uganda. A project described as a “carbon bomb” in a column signed by a group of 188 scientists and experts in The world in mai.
“Rogue Boss”
“This big farce on the 100 days of appeasement will therefore end with a huge finger of honor to climate change and to the millions of French people who skip meals because of inflation”, also reprimanded MP LFI Alma on Twitter. From the oven. His counterpart from Seine-Saint-Denis, Thomas Portes, meanwhile described Patrick Pouyanné as a “rogue boss”, “who gorges himself with money on the backs of employees and thanks to ecocidal projects”.
Patrick Pouyanné, CEO of TotalÉnergies, who stuffs himself with money on the backs of employees and thanks to ecocidal projects will receive the Legion of Honor. In macronie the rogue bosses are decorated.
— Thomas Doors (@Doors_Thomas) July 14, 2023
The CEO of TotalEnergies found himself at the heart of a controversy last fall after receiving an increase of two million euros (+ 52%) in 2021. “It is not me who sets my remuneration but the board of directors of TotalEnergies, which sets it, and the shareholders, who approve it. It is certainly high but comparable to my peers in the CAC 40 and much lower than that of other European and American majors, ”defended Patrick Pouyanné, already made a knight of the Legion of Honor in 2015.
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