85,000 power cuts in the north of France due to a strike by energy agents

Social action will have legal repercussions, promises the network manager. Power cuts affected tens of thousands of homes in the north of France during the night of Wednesday June 1 to Thursday June 2, as a result of a strike for the salaries of employees in the electricity and gas industries, a-t – we learned from concordant sources.

“In connection with social movements, there were voluntary cuts last night in the Béthune region, which resulted in 85,000 homes being cut between 11:30 p.m. and 1:40 a.m.”, said RTE, the manager of the electricity network, joined by AFP. RTE indicated that it was going to file a complaint, as it systematically does against this type of“malicious acts”.

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