Fuel shortage: Bourne promises “the situation will improve during the week”
According to the Ministry of Environmental Transition, 29.7% of service stations are experiencing difficulties with at least one product this Sunday.https://t.co/xBy1ykzHUS
– Le Figaro (@Le_Figaro) October 9, 2022
More than a week has passed since then gas station almost all are dry, while many strikers are blocking TotalEnergies and Esso-ExxonMobil refineries and fields. Their demand? A 10% pay rise, with both companies blamed for record profits in recent months. While TotalEnergies has agreed a 6% increase, this remains insufficient for CGT, requiring the locks to continue. As a result, the pumps are almost all empty, and motorists can no longer fill their tank. Unless they agree to stand in line for an hour or two, risking seeing the station close before their eyes, because it is completely empty. But then what? decision Move the situation out of place, unblock the situation?
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Fuel: Elizabeth Bourne vows to monitor situation ‘very closely’ https://t.co/6inW1ccwDB pic.twitter.com/xrNQGskhmA— BFMTV (@BFMTV) October 9, 2022
Talks…
The most obvious, of course, would be to give the strikers what they want. But it’s obviously not that simple, as TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil have already made a small effort. And it would seem that the two companies do not want to go any further. The government also imposed requisitions on some oil refineries to force a handful of strikers back to work. This solution can really be implemented when ” it is required by an observed or suspected violation of good order, health, peace and public safety“. Which is at the moment. But it shouldn’t really allow the real one to return to normal, as most strikers continue to do so block deposits.
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Finally there is the final solution, the most radical of all. It use of force, which would constitute the crime of obstructing traffic. This was already implemented in 2010, when strikers blocked fuel supplies in protest against pension reform. A measure that could be applied to the situation did not improve, but which is not actually recommended by the International Labor Organization, which deplores the use of force.
Because of the 30-cent discount on fuel, there are shortages at many service stations. https://t.co/SzgziQKxfm
— AutoPlus (@AutoPlusMag) September 5, 2022
Source: Auto Plus
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