"Contrary to what clumsy remarks may have suggested, our hospitals will always be supplied with electricity and sick people at home will always be taken care of", assured the Prime Minister, during questions to the government at the National Assembly.

"Our constant commitment is to mobilize everyone to ensure the security of electricity supply. Our responsibility is to plan all scenarios, without pretense and without raising false fears", he said. she adds.

Ms. Borne was answering a question from Renaissance MP Sylvain Maillard.

A few hours earlier, Emmanuel Macron had criticized on arriving in Tirana "the scenarios of fear" shared by the opposition in the face of the risk of power cuts this winter, assuring that France would "hold on" if everyone did their "work ".

“To anticipate is to examine all the scenarios, even if they are new, even if they are improbable”, insisted the Prime Minister.

The Ecowatt application which will prevent possible cuts, "it is not an alarm signal, it is a tool for individual and collective mobilization because it is indeed simple gestures which will be the most effective in protecting us from 'a critical situation,' she explained.

The Enedis representative, however, explained that these patients, who are "identified" by the regional health agencies, benefited from "special attention".

"We warn them, they have a dedicated phone number that they can call to get all the necessary information. And on D-2 (of a possible cut, editor's note), we will call them, we will send them an SMS , an email, to see if they took the necessary precautions, he had developed.

And "eventually", with the public authorities, "we will help them to go to a place that will not be relieved", he added.

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