Politics
Macron Will Still Push for Environmental Protection Referendum
- President wants reference to environment added to constitution
- Plan for referendum faces opposition in French Senate
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French President Emmanuel Macron says he’s pushing ahead with a plan for a referendum on including a reference to environmental protection in the constitution -- although there’s little chance it could go through before the end of his mandate.
“There will be no abandonment; this legislation will go through the parliamentary process,” he said in Strasbourg on the sideline of a conference about the future of the European Union. He made the comments Sunday, when marches to fight climate change were held throughout the country.