Question 10544 — energy and fuels

Summary

Mr. Nicolas Dragon questions the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty on the consequences of the increase in taxation on biofuels provided for in the finance bill for 2026. Without consultation with the sectors concerned, this project provides for an increase in the taxation of Superethanol-E85 and B100 of 380% and 400% respectively. These increases call into question the economic balance of a strategic sector for French sovereignty in terms of energy and ecological transition. France is today the leading European producer of bioethanol, made 100% from French raw materials such as wheat, beet and corn, as well as the leader in biodiesel made from French rapeseed. This success is based on significant investments made by the sectors, encouraged by tax incentives and public discourse which has until now promoted these biotechnologies as a sector of the future. In the Aisne department, which is particularly affected, beet, wheat and rapeseed crops constitute an essential pillar of the local agricultural economy. This measure would endanger hundreds of farms, weaken the region's distilleries and processing units and would directly threaten thousands of jobs linked to biofuel production. Such a tax development would also risk increasing France's dependence on imported fossil fuels and favoring imports of bioethanol from Mercosur, often produced from GMO sugar and under less demanding environmental conditions than those imposed in Europe. So he asks her what are the motivations which justify such an increase in taxation on biofuels. He also wishes to know to what extent the Government intends to preserve the status of the sector of the future for bioethanol and biodiesel produced in France, while ensuring the protection of the national agricultural and industrial sectors, particularly in producing territories such as the Aisne department. Finally, he wants to know the position of the Government concerning the future of vehicles running on biofuels in the context of the planned ban on thermal engines by 2035.

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