- French children are being helped by hundreds of fleece jackets purchased in a French town.
- Mayor Gabriel Daube announced that temperatures will drop to 19 degrees in public buildings.
- European countries are taking steps to address the energy crisis that is looming this winter.
Because of the energy crisis, a French town is spending $6,000 on jackets for hundreds schoolchildren. The reason? It’s been freezing in the classrooms.
The mayor of Périers, a small town in the north-west of the country, discussed the plan on French radio station France Bleu.Â
In the face of a potential energy shortage this winter, officials in Périers have decided to turn down the heating in public buildings to 19C (66F), Gabriel Daube told France Bleu. He said that temperatures of 19C are bearable but that if it gets very cold, then children would benefit from fleece jackets in classrooms.
Daube claimed that 350 children would receive the benefit. In the interview, he stated that it was akin to a county giving a dictionary or a region giving an computer. “We are giving each student a fleece.”
Daube said, “Students must feel happy in order to learn.”
Daube and Ville de Périers didn’t immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment made outside of normal working hours.
Périers, like many other towns and cities in Europe, has adopted energy-saving measures, including turning down the heating, as the continent grapples with short supplies of energy.
These measures are taken by Russia to stop gas supply to Europe via the Nord Stream pipelines. This is after sanctions were imposed on Moscow following President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in February.
Over the past week, natural-gas pipelines had been Damage, causing leaksAnd Eruptions of methane plumes. Experts said John Haltiwanger from InsiderThe Russians may have been behind the pipeline’s ruptures.
This energy crisis has led to Governments, BanksBy, other European businesses to reduce their power consumption before winter. Switching off lightsand to reduce water usage. Finland encouraged people to Reduce your time in the saunas and hot tubsItalians were encouraged not to use the sauce on their pasta, but they were encouraged to do so. Turn off the stoveTo reduce your energy bills.
