Hearty French go on long hikes in search of a pump. Cars run out of fuel, metal sheets crumple and catch fire in queues that mobilize police personnel turned into traffic police. Social conflict in oil refineries becomes absurd. With ears of food shortages and advice on sobriety, we are faced with a shortage of a commodity that still cannot be dispensed with. What a bad joke!
This news puts TotalEnergies back in the spotlight. In the wrong role. LFI MP Manuel Bompard, among others, summed up the topic in a tweet. “18.8 billion profit for TotalEnergies 1eh Halfway through 2022 and already 3 billion in interim dividends to shareholders. But the management refuses the 10 percent increase of the company’s employees. Pure scandal.” The fuel crisis thus aligns with the contradictions…
Source: Le Figaro
