Matthew Lynn Matthew Lynn

Has Macron shot France’s energy industry in the foot?

Gas prices are soaring. Europe could be about to witness electricity shortages. Power companies are collapsing by the day, and, on top of all that, the government is set to phase out traditional energy to meet its net zero target. 

So might think that a cable to ship in cheap, greener electricity from the other side of the Channel is something of a knight in shining armour.

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