Queues of motorists at the pump are becoming a daily sight. “There I woke up at 4 o’clock so I can look for gas, I will wait for 4 hoursAccording to what was quoted by AFP. Stations that limit filling up to 30 euros per customer, others that take advantage of this to display prices of more than 2 euros per liter, traffic jams on the highways for more than a few hundred meters, concerts of horns… For more than two weeks, the French day after day struggles a little more to refuel.
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A slight improvement in the situation
This Friday, 28.5% of French service stations ran out of at least one fuel, compared to 29.2% the previous day, according to announcements by transition energy minister Agnes Panier-Runacher, who is traveling to Lille.
The situation worsened in Centre-Val-de-Loire, where the figure reached 42.2% on Friday, compared to 41.2% on Thursday, while 37% of stations were affected in Ile-de-France: against 38.8% the previous day. In Hauts-de-France, one of the first departments to be hit by supply difficulties linked to the TotalEnergies strike, a quarter of plants were partially down (25.5%), compared to 31.7% on Thursday.
The government is closely monitoring the situation.
The situation will “return to normal” “in the next week”, promised Emmanuel Macron during his intervention on FranceTV on Wednesday. But “If social dialogue fails in the next few hours, we will request“. The head of the country called again.to liabilityThe management of TotalEnergies and CGT, warning.That CGT allows the country to operate“. crisis”has nothing to do with warIn Ukraine, he then claimed.We are talking about social conflicts in two companies: Exxon and Total“.
The government, under fire from critics, announced requisitioning measures on Tuesday to unblock fuel depots of the Esso-ExxonMobil group as well as TotalEnergies.
Will the strikers of the oil groups give in to the threat of requisitions issued by the government? TotalEnergies group and the two majority unions appeared to have agreed on a group wage increase on Friday, but the CGT, which originally started a work stoppage that has caused rare gasoline shortages in France, refused any deal and vowed to continue the strike. .
The wage compromise was signed by CFDT and CFE-CGC in the afternoon. Both unions backed management’s offer of a 7% increase from November 2023 (including 5% guaranteed for non-executives) and a bonus of between €3,000 and €6,000.
Under pressure from the government and an 18-day strike, the management of the oil group invited the four representative unions to emergency talks between Thursday and Friday night.
The movement is causing some concern upstate. this discontent really comes a few days before the march.”against dear life“, which the opposition forces of Nupes are calling for, next Sunday. “We need to get out of this mess“because”it is no longer a matter between a company and its employees, but a matter of national public orderadded Javier Bertrand, who discussed the situation with Elizabeth Bourne.
CGT resumes strike
The struggle continues. the strike resumed for a few hours or even a few days at five of the group’s sites: at the La Médée (Bouches-du-Rhône), Faizine (Rhône), and Donge refineries. (Loire-Atlantique), Normandy, the largest in France, located near Havre, as well as a fuel depot in Flanders (North).
So some sites intend to continue the movement until Tuesday, when they join the inter-professional “mobilization and strike” day called by the CGT, FO, Solidaires and FSU.
On the other hand, the strike was called off in succession on Thursday and Friday at the Esso-ExxonMobil group’s only two refineries in France, in Foss-sur-Mer (Bouche-du-Rhône) and then in Gravenchon in Normandy. pay deal on tuesday.
Source: Le Figaro
