France will test crisis response with 2027 blackout drill

PARIS — Is France ready for a crisis that plunges it into darkness?

The French government is planning to find out.

The government is looking to organize a tabletop simulation of a sudden, nationwide power outage in the second half of 2027, according to four people with direct knowledge of the exercise, who were granted anonymity to discuss plans that have not been publicly announced.

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