Capping energy prices for everyone to the same extent, as France has done, ultimately rewards those who consume the most.
NEUILLY-SUR-MARNE, France — Few countries have taken bolder steps than France to shield their citizens from the impact of Europe’s energy crisis. But as Helene Bakker walked along an endless line of honking cars waiting for fuel at an overwhelmed gas station this week, she couldn’t help but wonder: Is it going to be enough?Drivers were shouting at each other as they inched toward a handwritten sign warning that there was “no more gasoline” at the station.
Standing nearby was an Uber Eats driver who had last been able to refuel his car four days ago. He hasn’t been able to accept any deliveries since the weekend, he said. France — a country where social discontent is often expressed early and loudly — is particularly sensitive to any cost-of-living increases in the wake of Macron’s far-ranging efforts to liberalize the economy over the past five years, steamrolling critics who raised concerns over the social impact.
In contrast, the crisis may only marginally touch the wealthier parts of the French capital region, on the boulevards near the Eiffel Tower or the Champs-Élysées, even though residents there tend to consume over five times more heating, electricity and gas per capita than residents of poorer neighborhoods.
The campaign met mockery online. But in many poorer neighborhoods, it has exacerbated existential fears about the coming winter. Neuilly-sur-Marne’s mayor, Zartoshte Bakhtiari, has already lowered the temperatures in classrooms — even though he acknowledges that it will make learning more difficult — and has slashed plans for the decorative Christmas lights some residents looked forward to for months.
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