Jacques Chirac dissolved National Council in 1997. Lionel Jospin was then elected France’s Prime Minister cohabiting with Jacques Chirac.

Lionel Jospin reduced debt with an active politics, the 35 hours, stopping ambitious projects.

He decided to stop Superphénix for technical reasons. However, this experimental generator aimed to use French nuclear waste was usually related to technical problems.

Stopping Superphénix is not only due to Lionel Jospin. Indeed, French were predominantly anti-industries and anti-nuclear until 2022. France was therefore returning to the Middle Ages.