The oil site of Fos-sur-Mer was evacuated by police – BORIS HORVAT / AFP

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THE ESSENTIALS:

  • A police intervention helped Tuesday morning to unlock the oil site of Fos-sur-Mer
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  • Eight refineries on the eight in the country are affected, according to the CGT
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  • Manuel Valls warned that other sites would be released
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1:29 p.m.: Cambadélis “It can not be a trade union federation who makes the law “

the first secretary of the Socialist Party, Jean-Christophe Cambadelis, said Tuesday, about CGT calling blocking refineries in protest against Bill El Khomri, that “a law can always improve, but when she gets better, she can not be removed. And it can not be a trade union federation who makes the law, “said the socialist leader during a press briefing.




1:22 p.m.: “Since yesterday we are overwhelmed,” said a manager of refueling


13:15: Dams raised in Lorient and Brest

opponents of the labor law, which blocked since Tuesday morning in dawn access to the oil depots of Lorient and Brest, lifted their roadblocks in the late morning, according to AFP.

in Lorient, where three streets giving access to the deposit were blocked since 5:00 am, protesters left in the late morning without confrontation with the police, said Olivier Laurent, representing CGT. “We will now meet to decide the action to be taken tomorrow,” he said, adding that the tankers had resumed to deposit fuel loading, under the supervision of law enforcement.

in Brest, between 150 and 200 protesters, belonging to FO, Night stand and the far-left movement, left late morning roundabouts the port they had taken position since morning. Their action caused major traffic jams, especially during rush hour, but without preventing rotation of tankers entering and leaving the deposit under the control of law enforcement.




13h08: read also: new blockages in Donges and Saint Nazaire


13.00: “Today it is the government that has stalled,” says André Chassaigne

“I do not admit this campaign conducted today by the government (…) that is to say such a large union like the CGT is deadlocked. No, today it is the government that has stalled, “says André Chassaigne, leader of Left Front members.

” It is the government that has denied the democratic debate in the Chamber with the 49-3, it is this government that has faced him an extremely wide trade union front, and it is this government that the Labour Act public opinion against him. It should not be that fun to try to demonize the struggle of workers, we support it. “




12:43: Total threatens to revise its plans in France, according to Le Figaro

Total threatens to revise its plans in France, according to Le Figaro . The daily announces having obtained an email from the No. 2 group sent its managers. “The events taking place at this moment in our refineries are extremely serious and are a hostage of our business and of our sites to feed a fight that is not ours,” indicate Sauquet Philippe, General Manager Refining & Chemicals .

“If we were not able to avoid such circumstances in the judgment of our units, it goes without saying that our customers would reconsider the confidence they have placed in us, and we should revise our plans for the future with clarity, “he added.




12.30: Cars wait patiently for refueling in the 15th of Paris


12:27: historical parenthesis. In 1968, the queues in the streets of Paris


12:04. The rebellious Christian Paul calls for “honest dialogue”

the rebellious MP Christian Paul, said Tuesday that the country was “trying to lock themselves in a lasting conflict,” calling for a “dialogue loyal “to the draft Labour law for” escalating tensions “. “It is for weeks in a climate of social tension very serious, which continues today in various sectors: fuel supply, transportation, RATP tomorrow …”

“. from all this, we must remember one thing: the obligation to re-create the social dialogue, the obligation to negotiate in particular on legislation, which has been brought to Parliament without real consultation, “added the deputy PS of Nièvre in reference to the proposed El Khomri law, saying that “if we want to reduce the tension, it takes dialogue” and not “a cheap compromise.”


12:04: read also: in Lyon, the prefect called motorists to regulate their consumption


11:55: queue stations in Paris 13e


11:48: “No way” the economy “being held hostage” to three weeks of the Euro, said El-Khomri

Myriam El-Khomri said Tuesday Nice that “there is no question” that the economy “is taken hostage” to three weeks of Euro-2016. “It is legitimate for the government unblock this situation and will continue to do so”.

“We have been firm in releasing these refineries. The right to demonstrate is essential as the right to strike, but there is a form of movement of radicalization and blocking some roundabouts is not sustainable, “said the Minister of Labour.




11.15: read also: fuel Shortage in the West: the prefect accuses motorists




11:06:” There is also in front of the right to strike the right move “

” the right to strike must be respected, for sure, but the right strike is not the right to block. There is also in front of the right to strike right to travel, go to work, “says Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, MP (The Republicans) Essonne on France 2.” Yes, we must unlock the refineries. To this we must acknowledge the problem: I am struck by the last five days we have a government, such as a transport minister (Alain Vidal) who make the round of TV shows, explaining that there is no problem, no shortage “


10:32:” There is a right to strike but not the right to asphyxiate the country, “said Bruno Le Roux

” a minority, who disagrees, would block everything: the examination of a text, the economy of a country, circulation of our citizens. But that’s not how it works in a democracy. There is a right to strike but not the right to asphyxiate the country, “complains the president of the PS group in the National Assembly on LCI.

” The French are very attached to the right to demonstrate, the right to disagree. But the right to legitimate violence does not exist. When I see the posters that were made where we saw policemen with blood, I never imagined that a great French union can make posters like that. “




10:06: Hollande denounced the “blockage” decided “by a minority”

Francois Hollande denounced Tuesday on France Culture, “blockage” of refineries and fuel depots, “a strategy supported by a minority” opposed the bill work.

the head of state has said he would not “ignore, overlook what pass, considering that it does not deserve a form of respect from those who have legitimate claims. ” “But that does not lead me to accept what is now a blockage that is simply founded by a strategy supported by a minority,” he said.





8:57: Philippe Martinez denounces the” illegality ” the evacuation of Fos and calls for the generalization of the strike


8:50: Philippe Martinez, general secretary of the CGT, condemned the violence of the police and tackle Manuel Valls


8:39: “enough”, asserts Manuel Valls, speaking blockages


8:37: Bernard Thibault, former secretary general of the CGT, talks on the conflict against the labor law

“do not invert the hierarchy of responsibilities. Who is the source of hostilities? “Asked Bernard Thinault. “It is the government with the manner and substance of the bill reforming the labor code, 130 pages who land one morning without any consultation with the unions,” he launched on Europe 1.

“social rights are exceeded, they would be a luxury they could no longer pay, that is what is behind” the current dispute.

“When one emphasizes the company agreements over collective agreements “which existed for the popular Front, it is” the social dimension a vector of competition ‘.


8:30: Manuel Valls reiterated that the text will not be removed

Manuel Valls reiterated Tuesday that there would be “no retreat” labor bill, and promised that “other sites (refinery) would be released” and calls for “responsibility” of the CGT which, according to the Prime Minister, “hung”


8:28. Manuel Valls promises the release of other websites

“the state demonstrated the strongest and of great determination. The security forces intervene since Friday to evacuate deposits which are blocked in Brittany, Normandy, in the Hauts-de-France and in Auvergne. Other sites will be released, “said the Prime Minister in an interview with Europe 1 from Jerusalem.




8:24: a road blocked by the CGT after the evacuation of oil site of Fos

after the evacuation of the oil site of Fos, a road is blocked by protesters CGT. The security forces are quickly on site aarrivées


8:22. Traffic becomes difficult to Brest

According to the Telegram , traffic on the bridge of Iroise is completely stopped. And penetrating to the commercial port is neutralized by bikers gendarmerie. Traffic becomes very difficult in the industry


8:20. New lock oil depot Lorient

Dislodgments by force Friday afternoon, anti labor law protesters returned on Tuesday, at 5, block Lorient, ad the Telegram .

Three checkpoints were set up around the oil depot. The police are on site


8:16. The CGT announced that eight refineries eight are on strike

All refineries in France have voted to strike, the CGT announced Tuesday. “A strike was voted this morning at Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon (Seine-Maritime) in response to the charge of law enforcement in Fos-sur-Mer,” said Reuters Emmanuel Lepine, federal secretary oil sector of the CGT


8:08. roadblocks set up by the CGT on industrial site Saint-Nazaire

access to Penhoët industrial district, where are installed including shipyards, is blocked Tuesday morning by dams, according to a journalist from France Bleu Loire Ocean.

Several hundred protesters CGT set up five or six dams all around the neighborhood. Employees are obliged to make their walk to work, those by car are parked “where they can”.




8:03: Mobilization around the oil depot of the port of Brest

According to France Info, citing a journalist of France Bleu Breizh Izel, nearly 200 protesters blocked since the blade 2 of the access roundabouts 3 in Brest oil depot.

filter dams were implemented without completely block the area around the site, which is accessible by a road. The demonstrators, many being of Force Ouvrière, distribute leaflets to motorists


7:55. Production will gradually stop at Gravenchon

a Gravenchon, a vote to decide to stop or not was held Tuesday morning at 06:00. Following the vote, 50% of fuel production will stop gradually, reports iTele. Union representatives meet with management to “negotiate the arrest protocols units”


7:38.: Myriam El-Khomri lamented that “employees are being held hostage,” after the blockades at refineries

“We want the withdrawal of the labor law,” indicated Monday AFP departmental secretary of the CGT 13 Maxime Picard, from the dam at the entrance of Fos-sur-Mer, as various dams in place for several days especially in the northern and west of France.

the Minister of Labour, Myriam El Khomri, lamented Monday during a trip to Marseille that “employees, are French hostage” while six French refineries eight are affected by protests against his bill


7:36. A strike is underway in the refinery Port-Jérôme-Gravenchon

Some forty employees began a strike in the refinery at Port-Jérôme-Gravenchon, near Le Havre (Seine-Maritime).


7:33: CGT warns that there will be new shares

“We got shot flash ball and sprinkle with water cannon, without warning,” said Olivier Mateau (CGT) on BFM TV. “There will be still more strikes and new actions,” he warned.

“You pretty much in scenes of wars to just raise a dam,” said he regretted Emmanuel Lepine stating that there were wounded on the side of the CGT


7:32. the prefecture takes stock of the police operation

Fos-sur-mer, 7 policemen and gendarmes were injured, detailed police headquarters on BFM TV. The security forces have suffered numerous missile throwing. They will remain on site to avoid further blockage.




7:20: CGT denounces the intervention of muscular CRS

“the intervention of the CRS was very muscular, no discussion, no summons, rubber bullets,” lamented Pastor Lawrence, secretary of the dockers’ union CGT Port of Marseille, the microphone of RMC.

“Four activists were beaten, assaulted one before shipment”, he said.


7:17: the oil depot of Fos-sur-Mer was released

the tankers will be able to enter the site, said journalists AFP and I-Tele on site. Traces of burnt tires were still visible


7:15. A minor injury is unfortunate among the forces the order

Shortly after 06:00 on Tuesday, the operation of the forces of public Security, which started at 4:15, was “over and raised dams” according to the police headquarters lamenting slightly wounded among the security forces. They have faced many jets projectiles and responded with tear grenades, Has said the same source.




7:10: the refinery of Fos-sur-Mer evacuated by the police

the Esso refinery the fuel depot in Fos-sur-Mer which access was occupied since Monday by CGT militants opposed to Labour law, were released Tuesday at dawn by the police who have encountered “significant resistance” , told AFP the police headquarters


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