The level of math and/or tech understanding in the French political "elite" is abysmal. These people graduated high school, and went on to college without doing any math AT ALL after 10th grade ("seconde"), and probably sucked at math even then.
And they have nothing but contempt for the people who do understand those issues ("les techniciens").
And they have nothing but contempt for the people who do understand those issues ("les techniciens").