Local people in France are facing a sharp rise in water prices due to rising energy costs. This was reported by the TV channel. France 3.
“It’s all about water treatment systems that consume very expensive electricity and rising prices for raw materials such as chlorine and activated carbon,” the journalists said.
According to Marillis Macke, general manager of the Water Information Centre, the average cost per cubic meter of water is 4.3 euros, or one euro per family per day.
“These tariffs have increased in some places, and the increase has ranged from 5 percent to 60 percent,” he said.
Marine Le Pen, head of the National Rally group, said that the sharp rise in electricity bills the previous day hit Hundreds of French businesses had to close. He stressed that all this was the result of wrong political decisions, as electricity prices began to rise in 2021 before the conflict in Ukraine.
At the end of December, France 3 channel also knowledgeableFrance is facing a number of companies going bankrupt in 2023 due to a record rise in energy prices.
Previously Financial Times, European Union’s is is Against the background of the rapid increase in prices in the Baltic countries in 2022, in 2023 it is threatened by a sharp rise in inflation.