The French disconnection
French electricity supply workers are threatening to cut the cross-channel power link to Britain as they raise the stakes in their protest against the French government’s privatisation plans.
Unions have organised a number of well-targeted strikes in protest at the decision to sell-off Electricite de France, the state utility that owns London Electricity, Seeboard and SWEB.
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