france predictions for 2021

Read 22 predictions about France in 2021, a year that will see this country experience significant change in its politics, economics, technology, culture, and environment. It’s your future, discover what you’re in for.

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International relations predictions for France in 2021

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Politics predictions for France in 2021

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Government predictions for France in 2021

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Economy predictions for France in 2021

Economy related predictions to impact France in 2021 include:

  • French President Emmanuel Macron closes all of France’s coal-fired power plants in an effort to meet environmental goals. 90%1

Technology predictions for France in 2021

Technology related predictions to impact France in 2021 include:

  • According to wind industry advocacy body, WindEurope, 350MW of floating capacity is switched on in Europe this year, led by a raft of projects off the UK, France, Portugal, and Norway. 1%1
  • MHI Vestas tapped for pioneering floating pilot in French Atlantic.Link

Culture predictions for France in 2021

Culture related predictions to impact France in 2021 include:

  • France has become the world’s leading consumer of organic wine, having doubled its consumption since 2013. 80%1
  • France returns artworks that were taken from the West African country Benin during the colonial conquest of the region. 1%1
  • France lends Greece a metope from the Parthenon which was displayed at the Louvre, to coincide with the 2021 celebrations of the bicentennial of the start of the country's War of Independence. 1%1
  • France to become leading consumer of organic wine.Link
  • France to send Parthenon metope to Greece for 2021 celebrations.Link
  • France promises to return seized artworks to Benin by 2021.Link

Defense predictions for in 2021

Defense related predictions to impact France in 2021 include:

  • France joins the hypersonic weapons club with its Project V-MaX (Experimental Maneuvering Vehicle), which created a hypersonic glider with a speed of more than 3,700 miles per hour, or Mach 5. 0%1
  • Now France wants hypersonic missiles by 2021.Link

Infrastructure predictions for France in 2021

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Environment predictions for France in 2021

Environment related predictions to impact France in 2021 include:

  • As included in the Finance Bill, the so-called bonus-malus scheme starts to gradually tax users of HFC-based, HVAC&R equipment and offers corporate tax discounts to companies investing in natural refrigerant-based equipment. 0%1
  • In line with the government's decision to phase out France's remaining coal-fired power plants, state-controlled French utility, EDF, shuts down its 580 megawatts (MW) Le Havre 4 coal-fired power plant. 1%1
  • France's EDF to close Le Havre coal-fired power plant in spring 2021.Link
  • François de Rugy, France’s minister of ecology, has announced the postponement until 2021 of a proposed HFC tax..Link
  • France to shut all coal-fired power stations by 2021, Macron declares.Link
  • France will shut down its coal plants by 2021, two years earlier than initially planned.Link

Science predictions for France in 2021

Science related predictions to impact France in 2021 include:

  • The French government creates its first national strategy for research — a plan designed to energize French science that will come with a meatier funding boost. 75%1

Health predictions for France in 2021

Health related predictions to impact France in 2021 include:

  • France stops reimbursing patients for homeopathic treatment as national health authority found that this form of alternative medicine has no proven medical benefit. 1%1
  • France cuts the use of toxic weedkiller, glyphosate, by 80 percent. 1%1
  • France's glyphosate exit to be 80 percent complete by 2021.Link
  • France to halt payouts for homeopathy from 2021.Link

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