Former
Prime
Minister
Nicolas
Sarkozy
was
widely
viewed
as
being
in
bed
with
France’s
powerful
nuclear
industry,
although
in
the
run-up
to
May’s
election
he
took
pains
to
show
that
he
too
supported
PV
–
including
convincing
state-owned
EDF
to
acquire
bankrupt
French
module
maker
Photowatt.
France
connected
1.5GW
of
PV
capacity
to
the
grid
last
year,
making
it
the
world’s
fifth-largest
market,
according
to
the
European
Photovoltaics
Industry
Association
(EPIA).
However,
the
Sarkozy
government
had
taken
dramatic
steps
to
ensure
the
market
would
shrink
in
2012,
including
putting…
