a defense council organized at the Élysée

The French are worried about possible gas and electricity cuts to come this winter. Friday, September 2, the government met at the Elysée for a defense council. A meeting “symbolic, a way for the executive to try to create an electric shock in the minds of the French, to make them aware of the situationlaunches Guillaume Daret, in duplex of the Élysée. They must know that this is an emergency that will crush everything in the months to come, a minister told me last night.

But it is also a gathering that “is extremely criticized by the oppositions, who denounce a lack of transparency and that the president is doing tons on this energy issue”, raises the journalist. For his part, Emmanuel Macron is convinced of being in tune with public opinion. “who, according to the polls, is extremely concerned about the energy crisis”he concludes.