French President Emmanuel Macron called on French people for “collective sobriety to be in a position to consume less” in the face of gas shortages, in a 40-minute live interview from the Élysée garden after the traditional Bastille Day parade on Thursday. thursday (14th).
“We are in the so-called hybrid war. Therefore, energy is not a consequence of our sanctions. Russia uses energy like it uses food, in fact, as a weapon of war,” he said.
Macron went on to explain that “he will ask public administrations, large groups and everyone they can to come up with a plan now, this summer” to reduce general consumption and save on gas.
“I think today we need to prepare for a scenario where we will have to run out of Russian gas entirely,” Macron told France 2 reporter Caroline Roux and TF1 reporter Anne-Claire Coudraix.
“This scenario is not theoretical. It is a very difficult scenario and we must prepare for it.”
Speaking of the war in Ukraine, Macron said that “we must all prepare for the fact that it will last”, adding that the summer and early autumn will be “certainly very difficult”.
Macron also tried to reassure the French, saying that “we are currently replenishing our reserves to have almost 100% of our reserves back by the autumn, we will make it”, also reiterating that France “is not very dependent on Russian gas”.
Source: CNN Brasil
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