Thermal vehicles ban in 2035: "A mistake that plays down several issues" (Julien Aubert, LR)

"Banning sales of internal combustion vehicles in 2035 is a mistake that downplays several issues: the ability of European, and even French, industry to meet demand, dependence on China, and the boom in renewable energies", Julien Aubert, vice-president of Les Républicains party and former MP for the Vaucluse département (2012-2022), told News Tank on 03/07/2025.

Julien Aubert, Bruno Retailleau, president of Les Républicains, and François-Xavier Bellamy, vice-president of the party, have published an opinion piece in Le Figaro calling for "the energy mix proposed by Ségolène Royal to introduce a substitution between renewable and nuclear energies to be combated", and for public subsidies for wind power and photovoltaic energy to be stopped.

In this interview, Julien Aubert looks back at the LEZs, the end to sales of internal combustion vehicles by 2030, and the position of the Republicans in relation to the Rassemblement National.

"The ecological transition is costly. When it comes to the electrification of cars, we pay more for an electric vehicle than for its therma equivalent. For…