2027 Presidential Election: What Energy Choices Lie Ahead for France?

The Institute is bringing Paris Energy Week to the Mayors’ Fair. This roundtable will study the Institute’s flagship publication: the white paper on energy choices for the next five-year term. Carine Sebi will moderate the discussion alongside six guests: Véronique Bel, President of France Gaz Christian Buchel, President of the UFE Nadia Ziane, Director of the Consumer Affairs Department at Familles Rurales Sébastien Douguet, Energy Project Director at Medef Yannick Jadot, Senator from Paris and energy advisor to Raphaël Glucksmann in the presidential election Jean-Luc Fugit, Member of Parliament for the Rhône department and energy advisor to Gabriel Attal in the presidential election Please note that this event requires dual registration: first, for the corresponding session at Paris Energy Week (link provided), and second, for the Salon des Maires to obtain an access badge. Held in French.

Conferences

Paris

24 Nov 2026 to 27 Nov 2026

From 09:30 to 19:00

Paris Energy Week 2026 : The Challenges of Electrification

Paris Energy Week The challenges of electrification GEM Institut Energy for Society

The GEM Energy for Society Institute is joining the organizing committee of the Paris Energy Week, alongside Sciences Po, Polytechnique, Paris-Dauphine (Climate Economics Chair), EM Lyon, and the Jacques Delors Institute, in partnership with Engie.

The goal of the Paris Energy Week is to bring together different sectors—research, institutions, industry, finance, and civil society—to discuss the challenges of the energy transition and electrification in France and Europe.

This year’s event is titled “The Challenges of Electrification” and will take place from November 24 to 27 at various venues in Paris.

The Energy for Society Institute is organizing two roundtables for this event:

Schedule

The Institute is bringing Paris Energy Week to the Mayors’ Fair.

This roundtable will study the Institute’s flagship publication: the white paper on energy choices for the next five-year term. Carine Sebi will moderate the discussion alongside six guests:

Véronique Bel, President of France Gaz
Christian Buchel, President of the UFE
Nadia Ziane, Director of the Consumer Affairs Department at Familles Rurales
Sébastien Douguet, Energy Project Director at Medef
Yannick Jadot, Senator from Paris and energy advisor to Raphaël Glucksmann in the presidential election
Jean-Luc Fugit, Member of Parliament for the Rhône department and energy advisor to Gabriel Attal in the presidential election

Please note that this event requires dual registration: first, for the corresponding session at Paris Energy Week (link provided), and second, for the Salon des Maires to obtain an access badge.

Held in French.

Co-organized with Grenoble-Alpes University, this roundtable will provide an opportunity to revisit the geopolitical challenges of energy at the European level. Patrick Criqui, co-coordinator of the GEEP consortium, will moderate this session with four guests: