However, Macro disapproved of the council's proposition for a 4-percent tax on dividends to help fund new environmental policies, arguing it would discourage investments.

He also rejected lowering speed limits on highways from 130 to 100 kilometers per hour, saying "the ecological transition must not come at the cost of the most isolated regions."

Macron's new push of deliberative process in which citizens might usefully shape the country's future climate policies, came a day after the greens emerged winners from the two-round local elections, pointing to a spectacular surge of environmentally conscious voters.

European Ecologists and the Greens (EELV) won control of major cities including Lyon, Bordeaux, Strasbourg. The party also claimed victory in Poitiers, Besancon, Annecy, Bastia and Tours, putting Macron's party on the back foot. (1 euro = 1.13 U.S. dollars)

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