Bucharest has directed over 80 major energy-intensive companies to scale back production as low Danube water levels threaten hydropower-dependent electricity supply.
The current disaster is the product of a combination of several factors: human-caused fires, extreme weather conditions, and inadequate public policies—driven by ideological choices—in the face of a risk that has become structural.
The French Minister of Agriculture stressed that the problem of drought was one that could affect the whole of Europe, even if Spain and Portugal are currently the main victims.
