This has been the case since Wednesday and is also due to the “interruption of the gas flow between France and Germany”. The Russian Gazprom group had throttled its deliveries to a number of EU countries in the past few days. France covers less than a quarter of its gas needs with gas imports from Russia. The country is significantly less dependent on Russian gas than other European countries and has four LNG terminals. In addition, 70 percent of French electricity generation comes from nuclear power, and many French people heat with electricity.
Russia also cut gas supplies to Italy by 50 percent
The Russian energy company Gazprom is restricting the delivery of natural gas to Italy. According to the state gas supplier Eni, Gazprom promised 50 percent of the ordered delivery volume on Friday. Italy actually ordered 63 million cubic meters of gas from Russia that day. Gas deliveries had already been reduced in the previous few days: on Wednesday by 15 percent and on Thursday by 35 percent of those ordered
Source: Nachrichten
