Tuesday, 2:30 p.m., rue de la Liberté in Dijon. You have to slalom between all the passers-by who stop in front of the shop windows. The majority of the air-conditioned shops open their doors wide to attract the crowd of holidaymakers who wander around, ice cream in hand or shopping bag hanging from their arm. However, this scene may soon be a thing of the past.
On Sunday, the Minister for Energy Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, announced two future decrees obliging air-conditioned stores to close their doors, and to reduce their illuminated advertising at night. After Bourg-en-Bresse, Besançon, Lyon and Paris, which have already passed municipal decrees* to encourage energy sobriety, the whole of France will soon be affected by…
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