Fleer in a sentence as a noun

The "rotting nuclear fleer" means France still generates more of it's electricity from carbon free energy sources than all of its neighbors, and it's a lot less exposed to natural gas shortages. How exactly is it backfiring?

Fleer definitions

noun

someone who flees from an uncongenial situation; "fugitives from the sweatshops"

See also: fugitive runaway

noun

contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words

verb

to smirk contemptuously