Speaking at a meeting of the Movement of Enterprises of France (MEDEF), Borne said that common goals were required.<\/p>\n
“We are entering an era of collective responsibility,” she said.<\/p>\n
“Climate change is no longer an inconvenient truth, it’s a destructive reality. We must implement radical and innovative solutions, initiate powerful changes in the way we produce, and invest in training for the jobs of tomorrow.”<\/p>\n
If Russia were to cut all gas exports to Europe, France would need to quickly find ways to “make ecological transition an opportunity for innovation, growth and employment,” Borne said.<\/p>\n
“We already know that we will have less gas this winter compared to the other years,” she said.<\/p>\n
“This crisis is a new challenge for European solidarity, because in return, we will strongly suffer the consequences of a European economic slowdown. We only have one path, lower energy consumption.”<\/p>\n
At the beginning of August, the country’s minister for energy transition Agnes Pannier-Runacher said that France’s gas reserves were already 80 percent full, in preparation for possible shortages this winter.<\/p>\n
Pannier-Runacher said that France was ahead of its goals, and that the gas reserves would be 100 percent filled by Nov. 1.<\/p>\n
French President Emmanuel Macron is also expected to hold a defense council meeting on Friday, to discuss France’s energy plan for the winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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