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| Macron's Bastille Day interview: 'Russia is using gas supply as a weapon' |
| 2022-07-14 |
| [France24] France needs to mobilise to prepare for the probable scenario of energy shortages this autumn because Russia is using cuts in supplies to Europe as a weapon in its war with Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday. Speaking in a televised interview to mark France's national day, Macron said part of that mobilisation would involve French consumers and businesses scaling back their energy use. "We need to prepare ourselves for a scenario where we have to manage completely without Russian gas," he said. He said he would soon submit a detailed plan for restraint in energy consumption. He also said France needed, in the light of Russia's invasion, to keep strengthening its army, accelerate the manufacture of new military equipment and replenish its stocks of munitions. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 Hmmm... Energy supply tends to be free market. Energy rationing is centrally controlled. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2022-07-14 12:53 |
| #8 2003, 15,000 die from heat because lack of A/C. But yeah, energy rationing, brilliant. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-07-14 11:29 |
| #7 He said he would soon submit a detailed plan for restraint in energy consumption. ...and no 'detailed plan' to increase energy supplies? |
| Posted by: Raj 2022-07-14 10:48 |
| #6 More accurate: Russia is taking advantage over our governments' lack of an energy surplus policy! |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-07-14 10:41 |
| #5 I seem to recall the Oil Crisis '73. That was the rationale for the Energy Department creation. They've pushed everything but nuke and drilling for energy independence. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-07-14 10:14 |
| #4 Welcome to the free market economy. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-07-14 10:05 |
| #3 |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-07-14 09:28 |
#2 Macron -  |
| Posted by: Bobby 2022-07-14 08:44 |
| #1 Taking a page out of the Joe Biden play book. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-07-14 08:39 |