France accelerates shift to electric power amid global energy price surges

France accelerates shift to electric power amid global energy price surges French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecoru has unveiled measures to move away from the country's dependency on fossil fuels and shift to electric power after the US-Israeli war on Iran caused a spike in oil and gas prices when Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz. “The war in the Middle East is not ours, and yet it affects us very directly,” Lecornu said in a speech on Friday. “Fortunately, France has an asset: electricity generated on its own soil,” he added.