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.