France Calls Draft Law on Oil Exploration in Overseas Territories

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The upper house voted a bill put forward by a macronist senator from Guyana to revive the exploitation of hydrocarbons. Despite a negative opinion of the government, the centrist and right-wing elected representatives defended extractivism in the ultramarine territories.

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A bill to lift the ban on the search for and exploitation of hydrocarbons in Guyana, Mayotte and Southern Lands received the support of the upper chamber on Thursday, 29 January, while the executive opposed it.

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The Macroist Group (RDPI), made up of many ultramarine senators, is proposing a law "to lift the ban on oil research, exploration and exploitation in the overseas territories." The text is to be examined in the Senate on January 29, and even if it is an initiative of the majority, the government, after weeks of uncertainty and internal strife, will finally issue a "negative opinion."

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The text, carried by a senator from Guyana, arrives in the Senate on Thursday. The bill provokes a lifting of shields, including from the government, which intends to defeat it in the Assembly.