Was confirming the closure of Fessenheim “the most rational choice”, as Emmanuel Macron assures?

As winter approaches and the issue of French energy supply is on everyone’s mind, the Head of State has been accused in recent days of having sold off the French nuclear industry. He strongly defended himself, this Monday, during a press conference devoted to energy sobriety. Emmanuel Macron even returned to the reasons for the closure of the Fessenheim nuclear power plant.

“ Fessenheim was the oldest plant in our fleet on the border with Germany, which is not aligned with us on nuclear “, he said, before continuing: “Fessenheim was a plant on which there had been no maintenance work for more than five years. The factual analysis that was made was that the most rational choice was indeed to confirm the closure“. “ Don’t come looking for me in Fessenheim “, he launched, annoyed. “ For Fessenheim, the mass had already been said. (…) The strategic decision [NDRL : de fermer Fessenheim] had been taken five years prior, it was consistent in its maintenance“.