France, possible blackouts planned to save energy, Marine Le Pen against Macron: “Third world situation”

PARIS – Many French people are talking of nothing else these days: what will happen in January if there are planned blackouts? Will schools close, what will hospitals do, will emergency numbers be called, will road traffic go crazy? “Don’t panic, it’s still possible to avoid these light cuts,” he says Emmanuel Macron inviting citizens to reduce consumption: “All together we respect the energy sobriety plan, which provides for a reduction of about 10 percent of our usual consumption”.

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