Tag: Energies
PCF calls on mayors not to pay electricity bills
A few days after Jean-Pierre Bosino, the PCF mayor of Montataire, in the Oise, threatened to stop paying his city’s electricity bills due to soaring prices, the subject bounced back…
Europeans pave way for ‘unprecedented’ emergency measures
European energy ministers said they were in favor this Friday, September 9, of a series of emergency measures to stem the rise in gas and electricity bills, even mentioning a…
Literature: Miguel Bonnefoy brings the “Inventor” of solar energy out of the shadows
The writer Miguel Bonnefoy is releasing a new novel in this literary season, already in the first selection of the Prix Femina, entitled The inventorthe true story of a great…
Should superprofits be taxed? – Debate of the day
Some call them “war profiteers”: companies in the energy sector have seen their profits soar as energy prices rise. This is the case of oil companies Shell and Total, which…
Gazprom announces an agreement with China for the purchase of Russian gas in rubles and yuan
The strategic partnership between Moscow and Beijing is gradually strengthening. The Russian gas giant Gazprom announced Tuesday, September 6 the signing of an agreement under which China will now pay…
Energy crisis: “Local authorities will not be able to absorb all the additional costs”
Thirty public swimming pools abruptly closed their doors on Monday in several cities in France, because the operating company can no longer cope with the increase in energy prices and…
Emmanuel Macron finally in favor of a European contribution mechanism
Solidarity, sobriety… During a rare press conference on Monday, September 5, Emmanuel Macron detailed at length the French and European strategy to deal with the energy crisis. He also touched…
Emmanuel Macron defends a European response to the energy crisis
After an exchange with Olaf Scholz, Emmanuel Macron defended this Monday, September 5, a European response to the current energy crisis. He is in particular in favor of a reform…
European states forced to spend billions to deal with the energy crisis
Price caps and freezes, business aid, energy imports… the list of bills is growing to tackle the energy crisis. This is the case in Germany where the government announced this…
an Energy Defense Council to reassure the French
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…