In a new twist by Russia to strangle Europe’s energy needs, the Russian giant Gazprom announced on Tuesday that it will completely suspend its gas deliveries to the French group Engie as of Thursday, justifying the non-payment of deliveries made in July. . The French company Engie has not commented on the news for now, although it has acknowledged that Gazprom had informed it of additional and immediate reductions in its gas deliveries.
The group recalled that it has already taken measures to supply its customers, even in the event of interruption of Gazprom’s flows. Russian gas deliveries to France had already been substantially reduced since Russia invaded Ukraine and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire warned that “a drastic cut” could jeopardize France’s forecast of 2% GDP growth. 5% this year.