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A signal to Le Pen from Cherbourg – wind power is here to stay

DISPATCHES | A high-profile ceremony for LM Wind Power's blade factory in Cherbourg could be seen as a signal of defiance to anti-wind populism, writes Bernd Radowitz

Jerome Pecresse, General Electric Renewable Energy CEO, with French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve (left) and former minister Herve Morin (right) in Cherbourg. Pic: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP/Getty Images
Jerome Pecresse, General Electric Renewable Energy CEO, with French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve (left) and former minister Herve Morin (right) in Cherbourg. Pic: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP/Getty Images
  • Bernd Radowitz in Cherbourg
Published 27 March 2017, 09:46Updated 28 March 2017, 08:36
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