Stop creating a generation of depressed, French minister urges Greta Thunberg

France's Education Minister looked quite annoyed by Greta Thunberg when he was asked about her in a TV interview, and said she should stop stimulating depression over climate change.

Jean-Michel Blanquer said he was not sure if Thunberg had been manipulated by someone after her performance at the United Nations, but what he was sure of was that he wants her to stop being so bleak and making everyone miserable.

"One shouldn't create the generation of people depressed over the subject of climate change," he said, and urged her to spend time on finding constructive solutions instead.

Blanquer said the activist elicited a combination of sympathy and vigilance from him. "Sympathy -- because the cause is good," he explained, "but we need to pull through this crying afoul mode."

The minister also hit back on Thunberg's attack on the world's major economies, including France, over their alleged inaction on the climate crisis. "France is the 'locomotive' in the battle against climate change. We need to be supported and not judged." he said.

On Monday, Greta Thunberg and 15 other child activists filed a complaint with the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child to protest government inaction on the climate crisis.

The French Education Minister doesn't seem to be alone in calling out Thunberg's lack of cheer. In an apparent jab at her, Donald Trump tweeted she looked like a "very happy girl," alongside a clip of her 'angry' address before the UN.

'Radical' Greta Thunberg 'antagonizes our societies', Macron says after her UN speech

French President Emmanuel Macron did not hide his frustration with Greta Thunberg's furious attack on world leaders - himself included - at the UN, displaying a change of heart since hosting her last year.

The environmental activist had a productive day at the UN on Monday, berating the delegates for "betraying young people" through their inaction in tackling the climate crisis. She also added a legal complaint to her itinerary, pressuring five countries, including France, to get back on track with the emissions goals they decided on in the 2015 Paris Agreement.

Speaking with Europe 1 radio, Macron denounced the 16-year-old's "radical" stance which, he says, erodes common ground in the battle against climate change.

"We can see a very radical position there, of the nature that antagonizes our societies."

The French president, who hosted Thunberg at the Elysée Palace less than a year ago, said it would be more productive to aim the gun of her rhetoric at nations who stand aside while the world tries to solve the climate problem. He was referring to Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Estonia, which prevented the EU from adopting a pledge to cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2050.

Their rendezvous in February lasted for nearly two hours and was documented in photos with Macron hugging the activist paternally.

The French president recalled the meeting in May, praising the girl's energy and efforts in a tweet.

Macron, with his famous phrase "there is no planet B," likes to style himself as a leading defender of the global climate, in contrast to US President Donald Trump, who withdrew the US from the Paris climate accord. So, however distressed Macron may be by Thunberg's actions, he made sure to speak positively about the mobilization of young people on the climate-change front, saying "we need youth to assist us in putting pressure on those who block, in bringing them to action."

The teenage campaigner is also known for her position against air travel, spearheading the 'flight shame movement.' She made it to New York after a 15-day voyage in a sailboat across the Atlantic.

Macron is often criticized by environmental activists at home for the "mini steps" taken by France to combat climate change, as described by his former environment minister, Nicolas Hulot, who dramatically announced his resignation in a live broadcast last year in protest over Macron's climate policies.

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