The Gardanne power station and its 800 million financing in question

PARIS — In late November, a few days before being censured, Michel Barnier's government signed a contract with GazelEnergie for the operation of the Gardanne thermal power plant (Bouches-du-Rhône). The state then released €800 million over ten years to purchase the electricity produced by the plant. POLITICO has learned that this public financing was not notified to the European Commission. According to former ministerial advisers, this should h…