The French Prime Minister asked companies to save. They have to develop their own program on how to save energy. This is a request - with the remark that if they do not save and there is not enough energy, they will limit their consumption, meaning that the compulsion comes after the request - reported M1 Hírádó.
" Milk, butter, and cream have become more expensive, but mostly you have to pay more for meat, " complains one chef in Paris.
Restaurants are forced to somewhat reduce portions and try to cook good food from cheaper ingredients.
"The chefs are doing everything they can to keep people coming to the restaurant, they're adapting the food to the current crisis, but it's not going to end well," says one guest.
But it is not only the increasingly expensive raw materials that are causing difficulties for restaurants, on Monday the Prime Minister announced that all businesses must reduce their energy consumption by 10 percent, otherwise restrictions will come into effect.
"If there are restrictions, companies can expect electricity or gas outages in the first instance, they have to be prepared for that," said French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, adding that it would be better if everyone chose for themselves how to operate while saving energy.
Regarding the population, the Prime Minister said: everyone can save energy according to their own means.
In France, the price of gas and electricity was frozen last year, but the price cap will be removed from the beginning of next year. The government expects that many people will not be able to pay the bills. Inflation also jumped, the last time it was this high in the nineties.
At last week's government meeting, the president warned of expected economic upheavals
„I have to say that the carefree life we've been living has come to an end”
said Emmanuel Macron.
In the meantime, the president agreed with Algeria that the African country will increase natural gas deliveries to France by 50 percent. This could help Paris partially cope with the problems of stopping gas imports from Russia.
Source: M1 / hirado.hu
Photo: MTI/EPA/AFP pool/Ludovic Marin
