French baguette in peril as bakers struggle with rising energy costs

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Bakers are beloved in France, but they’re not immune to the soaring cost of electricity. The French government is offering to help, but bakers say it might be too little, too late. Some may have to shutter their stores; others are threatening to turn off their ovens and take to the streets. Gerry Hadden reports from the town of Embrun, in southern France.

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