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Shortage of fuel: the government wants to ban the filling of jerrycans

2022-10-10T19:04:45.656Z


UPDATE ON THE SITUATION - Service stations stormed, government measures, concerns of strategic sectors: Le Figaro takes stock of the gasoline shortages that have affected the country for a few days.


A third.

This is the percentage of gas stations still affected Monday evening by fuel shortages.

While several ministers are meeting Monday evening in Matignon for an emergency meeting in the face of the blockages of several Total and Esso refineries by the CGT - which will continue on Tuesday -

Le Figaro

takes stock of the latest information related to the fuel shortage.

An instruction will be sent to the prefects to prohibit the filling of jerrycans

Alleviate the shortage.

While the strike at the Esso and Total refineries has been renewed for Tuesday, the government will send an instruction to the prefects in order to prohibit the filling of jerrycans throughout the territory, according to BFMTV information, confirmed Monday evening at

Le Figaro

.

For the moment, this measure already existed for certain departments of Hauts-de-France or in Ile-de-France, such as Oise, Pas-de-Calais or even Yvelines.

With this desire to extend to the entire national territory, the prefects are called upon to issue a corresponding order in their respective departments.

Read alsoShortage of fuel: the government will give an instruction to the prefects to prohibit the filling of jerrycans

TotalEnergies: the CGT renews the strike until Tuesday, the movement extends

The strike movement for wages at TotalEnergies was renewed Monday until Tuesday and extended to around fifteen motorway service stations of the Argedis network, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies, we learned from union sources.

The movement was also renewed in the two French refineries of the Esso-ExxonMobil group, a meeting with the management having proved

“inconclusive”

, indicated without further details Christophe Aubert, central CGT union representative.

Read alsoTotalEnergies: the CGT renews the strike until Tuesday, the movement extends

The situation is improving in Hauts-de-France and Île-de-France

Three out of ten service stations are in difficulty on the national network, that is to say out of stock at least one product, said Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Minister for Energy Transition, on Monday evening.

The two regions most prone to shortages, Hauts-de-France and Île-de-France, are experiencing an improvement.

If 58.4% of service stations were out of at least one product on Sunday, 48.4% are on Monday.

Read alsoShortage of fuel: the situation is improving in Hauts-de-France and Île-de-France thanks to an increase in deliveries

Emergency meeting Monday evening of several ministers around Borne

Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne meets Monday at 9:00 p.m. at Matignon four ministers concerned by the difficulties of fuel supply, to "

take stock of the state of discussions

" between companies and unions.

I hope that the situation will recover as quickly as possible

,” Elisabeth Borne told the media from Algiers, where she is traveling accompanied by a delegation of 15 ministers.

Interior Ministers Gérald Darmanin, Energy Transition Agnès Pannier-Runacher and Transport Ministers Clément Beaune and government spokesperson Olivier Véran are expected.

Read alsoFuels: emergency meeting Monday evening of several ministers around Borne

Concern mounts in the road transport sector

If the government wants to reassure, concern wins over professionals.

Releasing strategic stocks takes time and most professionals have visibility over only three to four days

,” explains Jean-Marc Rivera, General Delegate of the Organization of European Road Carriers (OTRE).

According to him, 75% of road transport companies are in difficulty of supply.

Read alsoFuel shortage: concern is mounting in the road transport sector

Emmanuel Macron is annoyed by the blockages

Annoyed by the reassuring statements of the weekend from the Minister for Energy Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, and the government spokesperson, Olivier Véran, the Head of State put pressure on the government.

"Blocking is not a way of negotiating"

, annoys Emmanuel Macron who prefers

"to call everyone - companies and unions - to responsibility and to a rapid conclusion of negotiations"

to end the strikes.

Read alsoFuel: Emmanuel Macron is annoyed by the blockages

Source: lefigaro

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