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El P's avatar

What you may also expect to see is France's electricity exports to neighbouring countries increase further. The national electricity grids are connected in western Europe and France already exports around 10% of its electricity. Which is of course ironic, as France gets 70% of its electricity from nuclear energy.

Also, despite all the US propaganda, Nord Stream 2 is deeply in Germany's interest as it cuts off the middlemen which have been making lucrative gains by doing nothing.

The consequences of not having nuclear energy means that German air quality (still a lot of operating coal plants) and electricity prices are much worse than in France.

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Yeah, we had it coming… I live in Germany and I‘m happy that I have a wooden furnace and sufficient fire wood to keep my house warm if Vladimir closes the gas valve. And I have an RV with LNG heating and stove and I could drive south warmer countries. These kind of thoughts were absolutely ridiculous only 1 month ago - but now a possible scenario.

btw: Ursula von der Leyen has not been elected by a huge margin. In fact she had not been elected at all (at least not by the European voters). That’s a side remark.

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