“It’s the beginning of the struggle until withdrawal!” “. The cuts in electricity production organized by EDF agents to challenge the pension reform intensified sharply on Thursday, reaching at least the equivalent of twice the consumption of Paris, indicate the CGT and the manager of high and low power lines. very high voltage RTE.
“It’s the beginning of the struggle until withdrawal!” “, writes the CGT Mines Énergie federation in a leaflet on social networks, announcing “more than 7,000 MW of reduction in production without any impact on users”. “It’s huge: we don’t give up! “Adds the leaflet of the national federation of mines and energy FNME CGT. Asked about Public Senate on Thursday, the secretary general of the CGT, Philippe Martinez, said he still expected a significant drop in energy production.
The RTE asks the strikers “to stop the declines”
The manager of the French electricity network RTE observes for its part “a drop of 5,000 MW, approximately the equivalent of twice the consumption of Paris” to the point of sending to the strikers “a message which asks for the stop of the reductions”. “It should not drop any lower,” said RTE, a public utility company responsible for ensuring the security of electricity supply.
A drop in production is also observed in certain nuclear power plants, in particular that of Gravelines (North), that of Chinon (Indre-et-Loire), that of Paluel (Seine-Maritime) or that of Belleville-sur-Loire (Cher ).
A “regrettable” action, according to the Minister of Labor
EDF agents whose special pension scheme must disappear for new hires if the reform is adopted, had started production cuts on Wednesday evening, in particular on the dams of Cheylas (Isère), Pied-de-Borne (Lozère) or Sallèles (Ardèche).
Questioned this Thursday on LCI, the Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt considered “regrettable” these reductions in electricity production. “We are in a complicated period in terms of energy in a context where there are risks in the heart of winter and where the French are making efforts to be sober to avoid having a drop in supply. Participating in this way is not, in my opinion, a good way to mobilize”.