France aims to reduce the share of electricity produced by nuclear reactors to 50 percent from 75 percent now by 2035, Environment Minister Francois de Rugy said.

The French government has long outlined plans to shrink the country’s reliance on nuclear energy to 50 percent, though the deadline for that goal had remained less clear.

A long-awaited government update on France’s long-term energy strategy is expected to be released later this month, setting out in greater detail how it will cut the share of nuclear in its power generation, according to Reuters.

De Rugy said 2035 was the timeframe the government had in mind.

“That’s the deadline we’re working with,” he said in an interview with several media outlets televised by CNews.

De Rugy was appointed by President Emmanuel Macron in September after his predecessor, popular eco-campaigner Nicolas Hulot, resigned citing what he felt were hollow commitments on environmental policy.