This year is an anomaly because nuclear production was low because some power plants had to shut down for maintenance. Germany typically imports power from France.
if you consider physical exchange directly between France and Germany, on the average, France massively exports to Germany.
but most of the electricity shared between Germany and France goes through Swiss. Swiss has dams to store energy. Germany has many surplus of production with renewables. Swiss is used for transit. As a result, Germany is a net exportator of electricity to France.
This year is an anomaly because nuclear production was low because some power plants had to shut down for maintenance. Germany typically imports power from France.
2017 called, it wants to ask when anomalies become the normal.
I have found this nice article (in French) :
https://fr.linkedin.com/pulse/exportations-délectricité-françaises-en-allemagne-finir-steven-lorant
It’s … more complex than one picture.
The average idea is that :
Why do you use this tone?