[HIGHLIGHTS] Is Vladimir Putin really “responsible” for the surge in electricity prices?

French bills will increase by 8.6% to 9.8% on February 1, announced Bruno Le Maire. That’s a total increase of 43 to 44% over the past two years.

But the Minister of the Economy and Finance refuses to take sole responsibility for this increase. “Putin used the gas weapon even before the war,” corroborates Thierry Bros, professor at Sciences Po Paris. The energy crisis was largely caused by the war in Ukraine, adds Nicolas Goldberg, energy expert at Colombus Consulting.