The president of the commitments, Yvan Verougstraete, denounced on Saturday the words of the Federal Minister of the Economy, David Clarinval (MR), on the climate transition in the weekend press.
In an interview with ECHO on Saturday, the Liberal Minister welcomed a reversal of the European Commission, which has postponed or lessened the scope of various environmental legislation since the start of the legislature.
According to him, putting on pause a series of measures is necessary to avoid a leak from the industry to other continents.
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The comments of David Clarinval do not come to the president of the commitments, majority partner of the MR at the federal and Walloon level. “This one, I cannot let it pass either,” fulminates Yvan Verougstraete. “I even put it in the battery of collectors to come out in 10 years when the same will complain that we have not invested in limiting the impact of global warming or that we will not have anticipated major strategic changes. »»
“Painting climatic measures to break up our future,” he wrote on his social networks.
“While the disturbances accelerate, backing down would be a historical fault. The urgency requires action, not wait -and -see. »»
He enjoins the Minister to better anticipate the transition. “Opposing economics and ecology, not taking into account climatic issues and not investing in answering it is like a boss who decides to optimize his short-term results by endangering the future of his society,” said he.
Yvan Verougstraete ends with an illustrative formula: “We don’t want to be the Kodak bosses … either? So let’s look to the future! A reference to the emblematic company of photography, formerly the world leader, which missed the turn of digital and sank for lack of anticipation.
