The French-side bought a very powerful generator in 2015. I lived on the French-side at the time. My neighbor was in charge of fixing the exhaust pipe.
One evening he showed me a nut that was used to fix parts together. I could hardly lift it up ...
I learnt that it was powerful enough to supply both sides, but the local Dutch-side government refused. Top management at the local power producer are pals of the local politicians.
On the French-Side EDF, the national French power supplier, runs the show from Paris and believe me, they have their act together.
The Dutch way of running this Island is showing its limits. After IRMA, due to the local government's incompetence, a new movement started up. They wanted to become part of the Netherlands and scrap the Netherlands-Antilles status..
The Dutch had to scrutinize the spending of the billions lent by the World Bank. In several meetings with the local government, the Dutch supervisor was surprised to see many empty seats. The politicians missing were in jail.
They even asked for an improvement of the prison conditions and the Dutch refused !
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