Fears Of Fuel Shortage Growing In France As Strikes At Refineries Continue
Date
10/11/2022 2:21:42 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Strikes in France's major refineries continued on Monday,
leading to fuel-related panics in the country, reports citing .
The strikes at TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil refineries will
extend to Tuesday, the General Confederation of Labour (CGT)
said.
According to the Ministry for energy Transition, 29.4 percent of
service stations in the country were experiencing difficulties with
at least one product on Monday, compared to 19 percent on
Friday.
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne organized an urgent crisis
meeting Monday evening. According to French media, the government
will ban the filling of fuel jerry cans across the country.
The strikers' actions have led to a decrease in fuel deliveries,
provoking fears and long hours of waiting. School bus
transportation was also affected by the strikes.
'The French must not be prisoners of this social conflict which
does not concern them,' said Minister for Energy Transition Agnes
Pannier-Runacher on Monday.
In addition to the strikes, the price of fuel has increased in
the last seven days. In order to counterbalance the fuel shortage,
the French government has released significant volumes of fuel from
its strategic stocks and reinforced fuel imports from Belgium.
Over the weekend, TotalEnergies and the CGT agreed to start
negotiations but no agreement was concluded.
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