Nearly 1,200 service stations in France are currently experiencing a total or partial shortage of fuel, with the protest against the pension reform.
The protest against the pension reform continues. With her, the blocking of refineries does not weaken in France. What feels at the pump. Indeed, at present, nearly 1,200 petrol stations in France are experiencing one or more shortages of fuel, whether gasoline, diesel or both.
Thus, according to a map updated regularly by Essence & Co, 650 stations are currently partially out of service. 526 are for their part in total rupture, throughout the country. Stations in difficulty are concentrated in particular in the south of the territory and particularly the Bouches-du-Rhône.
The region Ile-de-France is also particularly affected by this episode of shortages. To a lesser extent, the west, the north and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region are also suffering from the strikes launched in recent days to protest against the pension reform.
All French refineries disrupted this Monday, March 20
In fact, all the refineries in the territory are even disrupted this Monday, March 20. A subject on which several ministers spoke at the start of the week. Thus, Bruno le Maire, Minister of Economy and Finance, has called “responsibility” on RMC-BFMTV. He also asked avoid the ” storage “ and the ” reserve “.
The situation in the refineries also concerns Olivier Dussopt, Minister of Labour, who nevertheless estimated on LCI that now is not the time to requisition employees. “We’ve done it before, one thing at a time. When the need is there, we (will take) our responsibilities. »
Clément Beaune, Minister of Transport, also went there with his details on the morning of the 20th, as to the situation in the refineries. All are affected by the disturbances. In France, the situation is particularly difficult in the Bouches-du-Rhône. Clément Beaune, however, wishes to temporize by recalling that the requisition is not on the agenda :
“Of the six French refineries, all are experiencing a certain number of disturbances. “There are difficult local situations, like in the Bouches-du-Rhône. » « We are not at the time of the requisition, which is never lighthearted and is always a last resort. »
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