Summer of European Blackouts Continues, with Outages in Nice and Cannes in France
French anarchists claim responsibility for blackouts.
It was only a few, short weeks ago that a sudden and unprecedented power outage struck the entire Iberian Peninsula, plunging nearly all of Spain and Portugal into darkness for several hours.
This weekend, the outages continued as southeastern France experienced two major power blackouts that disrupted daily life in Cannes and Nice, affecting more than 200,000 homes and critical infrastructure. The incidents are being investigated as acts of sabotage and arson, with anarchist groups claiming responsibility.
The first major outage occurred early Saturday, coinciding with the final day of the Cannes Film Festival. It is being reported that a fire broke out overnight at an electrical substation in Tanneron, west of Cannes, leading to a blackout that impacted approximately 160,000 homes.
Shortly after, technicians discovered a dangerously unstable high-voltage electricity pylon in Villeneuve-Louet, northeast of Cannes. Three of its supporting pillars had been cut, forcing a secondary shutdown.
The cut knocked out traffic lights and bank machines in Cannes, as well as threatening the finale to the film festival.
The festival “switched to an alternative electricity power supply” to keep the closing ceremony and award events going.
Firefighters battled for five hours to put out the flames at the sub-station, officials said.
In the attack on the high-voltage pylon, three of its four legs had been damaged, said prosecutors.
France | Cannes Goes Dark
Just hours before the prestigious Cannes Film Festival awards ceremony, the power and internet suddenly went out — throwing the city’s glitziest moment into chaos and confusion.Was it just a blackout? Or something far more symbolic?
Lights out on https://t.co/cRpIRM4tfE— Aprajita Nefes 🦋 Ancient Believer (@aprajitanefes) May 26, 2025
Then, just hours after power was restored in Cannes, a second blackout struck Nice and neighboring towns (Saint-Laurent-du-Var and Cagnes-sur-Mer). Nearly 45,000 homes lost electricity after a fire was deliberately set at an electrical transformer.
In a post on X, the mayor of the coastal city, Christian Estrosi, blamed “malicious acts.” The Nice public prosecutor said a criminal investigation has been opened for “organized arson.”
The blackout in Nice started around 2:00 a.m. local time (0:00 a.m. GMT) and left approximately 45,000 households without electricity. The city’s trams stopped, and power was briefly cut to Nice Côte d’Azur Airport during its overnight closure.
According to the energy provider company Enedis, power was fully restored by 5:30 a.m.
#France.New #sabotage,now in #Nice, an #electrical substation set on fire.
The episode after the massive #blackout that hit the South French. 45,000 homes were left without electricity.Mayor #Estrosi: “There is a will to #destabilize our country”.And he did not accuse Russia… pic.twitter.com/UgH1wA3fJS— Donato Yaakov Secchi (@doyaksec) May 25, 2025
Two anarchist groups are claiming responsibility. Three guesses as to the political nature of the groups, and the first two don’t count.
An “ultra-left anarchist gang” has claimed responsibility for a blackout that plunged 160,000 homes into darkness on the Côte d’Azur – just hours before the Cannes Film Festival awards show.
French prosecutors in Grasse and Draguignan have now launched a probe into suspected sabotage after a shadowy statement was posted online by the group.
In the anonymous release the group said: “We sabotaged the main electrical substation supplying the Cannes metropolitan area and cut down the 225 kV line coming from Nice.”
They claimed the dramatic blackout was a deliberate attempt to cripple key infrastructure including research centres, start-ups, an aerospace factory, the local airport, and military and technological hubs.
Investigations are continuing to determine if these claims are true. Additionally, security has been heightened.
France blames sabotage for second Riviera blackout, boosts security https://t.co/vuJGRMOvdV pic.twitter.com/VhafaJzQBD
— FRANCE 24 – Europe (@EuropeF24) May 26, 2025
However, I fear I will be reporting on more serious blackouts in the future.
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What? The far right wasn’t the blame? that can’t be correct
Not the far right. Probably the Ultra Extreme Right. You know, the ones who are (gasp) agitating for lower taxes. The HORROR!
Considering how backward the climate cultists are, I suspect they’ll start using lamps fueled by melted blubber from whales killed by wind farms. And the climate grifters will sell them the oil. Gore probably has some test marketing plans.
https://youtu.be/xRfQzMgvfDA?si=I-du7SEicg-zMmyl
Irony: blackouts for the enlightened.
Oh their probably bubbly along with their independent gas powered power supplies because they are the elitist elite of the elite don’t you know.
How does one tell “acts of sabotage and arson” from official government Green Policy in the EU?
Subotai Bahadur
Official Green Policy is accompanied by multi-million dollar payouts to someone.
Autopen signatures.
Fitting that sabotage is a French word.
INTERPOL has an APB out for The Beastie Boys.
One of the last great videos
when all the lefty elites are there
do they only run the machines, power heat/ac etc ( if needed) with wind and solar??
Black outs in France?
Macron says it happens sometimes.
When his wife hits him hard.
Le too bad Perrier drinkers, croissant eaters, blue cheese bitches!
Democracy dies in darkness according to the Washington Post and that certainly seems to be the case in France.
It won’t be long before the restive, subversive, goose-stepping Islamofascists/Muslim supremacists in France figure out that wreaking sabotage upon the electrical grid is a cheap, easy and relatively risk-free means of waging their Islamic “holy war.”
“They claimed the dramatic blackout was a deliberate attempt to cripple key infrastructure including research centres, start-ups, an aerospace factory, the local airport, and military and technological hubs.”
So… terrorism?
Just misunderstood aspiring rappeurs, who would always light up a room with their presence.
Wait, scratch that last part.
Honestly, do the countries in Europe realize they are committing mass suicide? UK, home of untold number of western civilization tenets, customs, architecture, clothing (suits, etc) for 1000 years, is surrendering without a peep. France, Germany, Austria. Sweden is waking up to the immense damage done by illegals bent on conquering, not assimilation. We are a bit behind them, but for how long?