Posted on 07/14/2022 12:19:27 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron warned his country’s people Thursday to prepare for a total cutoff of Russian natural gas by supporting alternatives, having public lights switched off at night and engaging in a period of nationwide energy “sobriety.”
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and ensuing sanctions have aggravated other factors driving up prices for energy and others goods. With no end in sight for the Ukraine war, Macron said, the French should brace themselves for costs to remain high.
“This war will continue,” he said in a televised interview marking France’s national holiday, Bastille Day. “The summer, early autumn will be very hard.”
“Russia is using energy, like it is using food, as a weapon of war,” Macron said. “We should prepare ourselves for the scenario where we have to go without all Russian gas.”
He said the government would prepare a “sobriety plan” to conserve energy, which would start with turning off public lights at night when they aren’t useful.
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Easy for him to say - he’s got his mommy to hold him if he gets scared.
I wonder if the average Frenchman cares about Ukraine at all.
Mourir pour Ucraine ?
Bow down to your globalist masters, Frenchies. Tolerate their vicious incompetence.
“Let them eat cake ...”
The world needs these jostles so we understand the dangers of too much interdependence.
Dipwad should rethink having used sanctions as a weapon of war against russia over a war that does not involve the frogs then.
You nailed it!!!!
European fools made theirselves dependent on energy from a historically hostile neighbor.
Foolish
Too bad some world leader did not see this a couple of years ago and issue a warning
/sarc
I always thought the French was powered by nuclear power
“Sobriety plan”
Typical liberal redefinition of words. If they were sober, thoughtful, pragmatic, and smart, they would have told the greens to go F themselves, built more new nukes, and done more life extension work on the existing fleet instead of preparing to shut them down. What they have done is ANYTHING BUT SOBER.
Cool..
The EU greenie policies are built on a foundation of cheap Russian energy. They’d rather see a river of Ukrainian blood than admit that.
He is anticipating a dark age???
When they imposed what were meant to be crippling sanctions against Russia, did they not think Russia would retaliate? Who would just stand there and take such insulting treatment from Biden and the euro trash without fighting back? Not Putin. Not anybody with any spirit.. And yet with profound narcissism the West is shocked to discover Russia is not playing a PR game. Like we are.
Libtards finally found something they want abstinence from - energy 🤪
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