France's economic growth rebounded 16%,

In April 2020, the French government issued two decrees implementing the Multi-annual Energy Plan to 2028 (Programmation pluriannuelle de l’énergie, PPE) and the National Low Carbon Strategy, which were first released in January 2019.

Bpifrance and Banque des Territoires intends to develop 8.8 GW of renewable power capacity in France and abroad, thanks to a €14.5bn credit facility for renewable energy developers

France's government defined three hydrogen priorities.

The hydrogen sector could create some 50,000 to 150,000 jobs in France with a focus on developing electrolyzer capacity,

France is ploughing more public cash into its economy than any other big European country as a percentage of GDP,

The French government is sticking to its forecast for an 11% contraction of the French economy this year

The French economy contracted by a post-war record of 13.8% in the second quarter,

SFEN recommends that France includes the project to construct a series of three pairs of reactors in its post-COVID recovery plan and confirms the launch of the project at the end of the investigation in mid-2021. It also says the European Union should include new nuclear in the Green Deal and associated plans for financial mechanisms.

France imposed one of the Europe’s strictest lockdowns in mid-March and only began removing restrictions on May 11