Emmanuel Macron convened a Defense Council on Friday, September 2, devoted to the energy crisis. Objective: to examine the different scenarios to prepare the government for all the situations that could arise during the winter, and to avoid rationing or cuts. There was no concrete announcement at the end of this Council, but the objective was above all to explain what “sobriety” consists of and to reassure the French.
The idea is to tell the French that ” if we organize ourselves, we will spend the winter », Explains a member of the government to sum up the objective of this Energy Defense Council.
” To avoid the worst, you have to prepare for it. “A communication that nuances the rather alarmist speech of Emmanuel Macron. Since the start of the school year, the president has explained that “ abundance ” and ” recklessness » are completed.
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By choosing the format of the Defense Council, Emmanuel Macron wanted to show the danger of this crisis, but also to say that it was under control.
The “true talk”, claimed at the Elysée, consists in explaining the risks while giving solutions to reassure. ” It’s not “everything is fine, Mrs. la marquise”, but not blood and tears either sums up the same minister.
The government also wants to avoid giving lessons to the French. Above all, he seeks to call for their responsibility to lower the heating, turn off the lights and participate in the collective effort, because, it is said, ” the best way to save energy is not to put a cop behind every meter “.
The Minister for Energy Transition, Agnès Pannier Runacher, has also announced that electricity prices will continue to be partly compensated and that France has built up a gas stock of up to 92% of its capacity.
Faced with the explosion in the prices of electricity and gas, companies are already forced to reduce their production. This is the case of the glass industry, which is particularly energy-intensive.
At Duralex, the factory oven will soon be put on standby. The glass manufacturer stops its production for the winter.
Faced with the energy crisis, companies are already rationing themselves
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