No, blackouts, i.e., an uncontrolled and unforeseen failure of network elements, will not occur in France, said Emmanuelle Wargon, president of the regulatory authority CRE. Nevertheless, the situation is tense. Depending on the scenario, France faces the threat of 20 to 70 hours of power outages in winter. In their text, Tanja Kuchenbecker and Manuel Berkel analyze if and when the risk for the German grid increases.