Agnès Pannier-Runacher tested positive for Covid-19.
The Minister for Energy Transition announced it this Sunday morning on her Twitter account.
“
I isolate myself and continue to carry out my duties, in particular to support the fuel supply of service stations in connection with all the actors
”, she declared.
This announcement comes three days after the Minister presented the government's energy sobriety plan.
Agnès Pannier-Runacher must also manage the fuel shortage file which is currently affecting several service stations.
It is the consequence of a social standoff between the management of Total and the CGT which initiated a strike movement to demand wage increases.
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On Saturday, the minister announced that barely more than 20% of service stations are "in difficulty" and promised that "the government
is "doing everything to restore a normal situation as quickly as possible"
while calling on the management of Total and the CGT to find a solution to the social conflict.