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Bernard Accoyer: "The European electricity market is a patent failure"

2022-10-30T19:40:44.051Z


INTERVIEW- "Germany is seeking to lead the rest of Europe in its choices, yet unfortunate on the geostrategic and climate level", observes the former President of the National Assembly.


Bernard Accoyer, former president of the National Assembly from 2007 to 2012, former deputy for Haute-Savoie, heads the association for the defense of nuclear heritage and the climate PNC France.

He published “An Affair of State.

The attempt to scuttle the French nuclear power” (Hugo Doc).

LE FIGARO.

- European countries are divided on the issue of capping the price of gas used to produce electricity.

Why is Germany opposed to this device?

Bernard ACCOYER.

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Germany is very dependent on gas for its electricity due to the intermittence of renewable energies, for its industry and for housing where gas heating is highly developed.

The government fears that a gas price cap will reduce supply and create a general shortage.

A majority of Member States, including France, defend this simple and effective solution, but negotiations with Germany remain difficult.

Spain and Portugal exited the European electricity market in…

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