“Make small gestures” to save energy. As Western countries prepare for a supply cut Russian gasoline in autumn, governments – including france – called on households to save energy.
Thus, on Wednesday July 20, Olivier Véran urged the French to “turn off the wifi before going on vacation”, “unplug as many sockets as possible” and “turn off the lights in the rooms where this is not the case Second hand”.
Calls that provoked the anger Vladimir PutinAccording to the Tass news agency, the Russian president is invoking “madness”.
“The day before yesterday I was shown a picture that was circulating on the internet and in the media in Europe, showing a person and it is captioned: ‘You want to piss Putin off? Wash only these four spots” […] What is that? You’ve gone insane. “Save water, save electricity.” It’s delirium. They made a lot of mistakes and now they don’t know what to do, they are looking for the culprits,” he said.
Europeans fear a severe winter and fear that Russia will turn off the gas in the fall.
The European Commission on Wednesday also unveiled an arsenal of measures that will allow the Twenty-Seven to counter a possible disruption in Russian supplies – which made up 40% of their imports until last year.
This plan envisages a 15% reduction in European gas demand to compensate for the fall in Russian supplies, notably by limiting heating of certain buildings or by asking companies to reduce their needs.