French government may present new measures to tackle rising energy bills in coming days
8:20 am Wednesday, September 29th, 2021
PARIS (Reuters) – The French government could present new measures to tackle rising energy bills in the coming days, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Wednesday.
Energy prices have been rising sharply around the world over the last few months, adding to inflationary pressures and threatening to dent consumers’ confidence. On Monday, France’s energy regulator said Engie’s gas prices would increase by 12.6% on October 1.
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta and Matthieu Protard; Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten)
