“I call on the French to yield to no panic” , he said, denouncing the “blackmail” ‘s a portion of the CGT. He also assured that sites will be “unlocked”.
The staff of the oil terminal of the port of Le Havre, which handles 40% of French imports, voted Monday night to strike an overwhelming majority of 95%.
- What are the refineries to stop?
of the eight French refineries at least five are affected by the protests. Of the five operated by Total, three (Montivilliers, in Seine-Maritime, Donges, in Loire-Atlantique, and Feyzin, in Rhône) continue to feel the “shutdown of some units” because of a strike by some employees. A Grandpuits (Seine-et-Marne), but also in La Mede (Bouches-du-Rhône), “Petroleum product shipments blockages” led to shift production sites “in reduced flow” , the company said this morning in an update on the situation.
According to Emmanuel Lepine, federal oil branch secretary of the CGT, Petroineos refinery in Lavera near Martigues (Bouches-du-Rhône), is also affected. A spokesman for the site declined to confirm the information.
The two Esso refineries in Fos-sur-Mer (Bouches-du-Rhône) and Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon ( Seine-Maritime) continue, them to function normally, according to a spokesman, although at Fos, “shipments are disrupted by demonstrations outside the site” .
in addition, several of the 189 fuel depots, of which about fifty have a capacity of over 10 000 m 3 , which were blocked by the employees of the sector for several days, were released by the forces of law, confirmed Eric Sellini, CGT coordinator of the Total group, but can not provide a specific number of deposits frozen in France
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- the government is considering the use of force to remove the blockages?
Some blocking actions refineries and fuel depots are not “ legitimate” and the government will use “all instruments” at its disposal to stop them, said Monday the Finance Minister Michel Sapin, on i-Tele, including criticizing the attitude of the CGT. Asked about a possible use of force, Michel Sapin said: “We’ll see, all the tools of democracy are there, and the first tools of democracy is dialogue. “
On Sunday, Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, and the Secretary of State for Transport, Alain Vidal, said that the state would use if required the police to ” liberate “ fuel depots blocked by external actions. CRS already occurred Sunday morning to dislodge protesters from two Dunkirk fuel depots (North).
While a number of the CGT, Philippe Martinez, lamented Monday morning on RTL, that the government chooses “of swagger, [of] inflate muscles” instead of “listen to those who are not happy “, Michel Sapin spoke of ” a CGT, often for domestic reasons, which is extraordinarily hardened and that is only in the protest and that is not at all in the dialogue “.
- What is the state of commercial stocks?
Asked about the risk of shortages Mr. Lépine has called “virtual” “ninety days of strategic stocks” advanced by the Secretary of State for transport on France 2. “These stocks are very volatile, they are located in refineries for the most part and thus from the moment they are not available, it becomes difficult,” , Mr. Lépine said.
Laurent Michel, managing director of energy and climate, evoked a “thirty days” of commercial stocks for companies. Alain Vidal said Sunday that there was “no risk of shortage” Fuel “next week” in the French stations, calling them motorists not to give in to the “panic” .
of the 12,000 service stations in the country, “there are barely 1500 which are impacted in whole or in part, it’s less than 20%, of course, concentrated in certain regions “, explained Vidal on RTL, while the CGT and FO unions called truckers blocking refineries and fuel depots.
During the weekend of May 22 and 23, motorists rushed to petrol pumps, especially in the North and West. Several departments have issued orders restricting fuel delivery
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