E.ON Next achète Ovo Energy : il ne reste que trois grands fournisseurs au Royaume-Uni
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E.ON Next achète Ovo Energy : il ne reste que trois grands fournisseurs au Royaume-Uni

E.ON Next buys Ovo Energy: only three big suppliers remain in the UK

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The GuardianOctober 8, 2026View Source

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L'entreprise E.ON Next a acheté la société Ovo Energy.

The company E.ON Next bought the company Ovo Energy.

entreprise→companyacheté→boughtsociété→company
Maintenant, il y a seulement trois grands fournisseurs d'énergie au Royaume-Uni.

Now, there are only three big energy suppliers in the United Kingdom.

maintenant→nowil y a→there areseulement→onlytrois→threegrands→bigfournisseurs→suppliersd'énergie→of energyau→in theRoyaume-Uni→United Kingdom
Trois foyers sur quatre utilisent ces trois grandes entreprises.

Three out of four households use these three big companies.

trois→threefoyers→householdssur→out ofquatre→fourutilisent→useces→thesetrois→threegrandes→bigentreprises→companies
Le gendarme de la concurrence a accepté cet achat jeudi dernier.

The competition watchdog accepted this purchase last Thursday.

gendarme→watchdogconcurrence→competitionaccepté→acceptedcet→thisachat→purchasejeudi→Thursdaydernier→last
Beaucoup de gens ont peur pour le prix des factures.

Many people are afraid for the price of bills.

beaucoup→manygens→peopleont→havepeur→fear/afraidpour→forprix→pricedes→of thefactures→bills
Les experts disent qu'il y a moins de choix pour les clients.

Experts say that there is less choice for customers.

disent→sayqu→thatil y a→there ismoins→lessde→ofchoix→choicepour→forclients→customers
Sans concurrence, les entreprises ne veulent pas baisser les prix.

Without competition, companies do not want to lower prices.

sans→withoutconcurrence→competitionentreprises→companiesne...pas→notveulent→wantbaisser→to lowerprix→prices
Cette situation inquiète les familles britanniques cet hiver.

This situation worries British families this winter.

cette→thisinquiète→worriesfamilles→familiesbritanniques→Britishcet→thishiver→winter
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fournisseur
supplier
"Je cherche un nouveau fournisseur d'électricité."
facture
bill
"Ma facture de gaz est très chère ce mois-ci."
concurrence
competition
"La concurrence est bonne pour les consommateurs."
choix
choice
"Nous avons beaucoup de choix dans ce magasin."
baisser
to lower
"Le magasin va baisser les prix demain."
foyer
household
"Chaque foyer doit économiser l'énergie."
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