VIDEOS – All French refineries are now affected by the strike and fuel shortages spread. The police intervened on Tuesday morning to unlock the Fos-sur-Mer. Update on the situation at mid-day.
The conflict around oil facilities in the heart of the challenge of the work Bill, s is still hard on Tuesday, with enforcement initiative to unlock the oil site of Fos-sur-Mer in the South East, while supply difficulties at service stations continue to expand. “Other sites (refinery) will be released,” promised Manuel Valls on Europe 1, which reaffirmed that there would be “no withdrawal” of labor legislation.
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the government multiplies the harsh statements with regard to the movement and in particular to the CGT, Prime Minister evoking a union “hung” taking “hostage consumers’ and the economy, while François Hollande denounced on France Culture” blocking “decided” by a minority. ” The day before, the Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron called for “letting advance” the “France that works” while Michel Sapin (Finance) referred to “illegitimate” blocks.
Fos-sur- Mer, in the Bouches-du-Rhône, the Esso refinery and deposition of fuels, whose access had occupied since Monday by the CGT activists were released Tuesday at dawn. The security forces encountered “significant resistance” missile throwing, Pallet lights and tires, according to the police headquarters, and used tear gas and water cannons. Bilan seven minor injuries among the police, according to the prefecture; “Some casualties” the demonstrators, beat them with batons, according to the CGT, who denounced the “unacceptable use of violence.” Shortly after 6 am, the dams were “removed,” according to police headquarters and tank trucks and cars, blocked the surrounding roundabouts were beginning to enter the supply sites.
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” This is a denial of democracy, “responded Serge Coutouris responsible CGT dockers Gulf of Fos, contacted by AFP, announcing that “other forms of action were considered.” “It is not cut employees (…), the strikes vote majority,” said Philippe Martinez, the leader of the CGT, on RMC and BFM TV, saying that tougher action in recent days intervened after a lack of “listening” and “refusal to debate.” Before the eighth national day mobilization scheduled Thursday by the Inter-CGT-FO-FSU-Solidaires Unef-Fidl-UNL, he also criticized the “dangerous game” Manuel Valls.
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All refineries affected by the strike
the eight refineries that account the country are stopped or idling, according to the CGT, while several deposits remained on strike or locked by external protesters. Of the five hexagonal refineries Total Feyzin in the Rhone and Gonfreville-l’Orcher Seine-Maritime are completely stopped. Grandpuits (Seine-et-Marne) is in blackout, “a few units” no longer work in Donges (Loire-Atlantique) and La Mede (Bouches-du-Rhône) always works “in reduced flow.” However, the first teams of the ExxonMobil refinery in Port-Jérôme-Gravenchon (Seine-Maritime) sulked the strike.
Ces blockages cause for several days supply of service stations difficulties, and rushes of motorists to the pumps, initially concentrated in the north and west but which extended Tuesday in the Ile-de-France and that the “Centre, Rhône-Alpes, Auverge and PACA because of precautionary full made by consumers,” according to Total.
the oil group counted 188 service stations in total rupture and 513 partial rupture at 10 am in its network of 2,200 stations. According to the Secretary of State for Transport, Alain Vidal, “around 20%” of the stations were on Monday night “or closed in big trouble,” a total of 12,000. Tuesday from 5:00, several dams with burning tires and wooden pallets were blocking road access to the industrial area of Saint-Nazaire. In the north, the filing Total Douchy-les-Mines, near Valenciennes, was still blocked and of Mardyck, near Dunkirk was still stationary. The access to oil depots at Lorient and Brest were also blocked
Another threat to fuel supplies. Staff oil terminals of Le Havre, which handles 40% of French imports, voted to strike from late Tuesday afternoon.
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The movement of road appeared his side losing speed.
side rail, SNCF plans Wednesday and Thursday traffic “disturbed” but “less than last week (call to strike CGT and SUD-rail). At RATP, the CGT called for an indefinite strike from June 2
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