While the CGT and FO call truckers blocking refineries and fuel depots in protest against the bill work, the Prime Minister reiterated that the text will be finally adopted in July.
the standoff continues between anti-government protesters and work, and that is the Prime Minister himself who goes to the front. Manuel Valls has said Sunday “very determined that there is no shortage in France”, while the CGT and FO called truckers blocking refineries and fuel depots in protest against draft labor law. “We fully master the situation, I think a number of refineries or deposits that were blocked are released or will be in the hours or the days to come,” said the Prime Minister of journalists, sidelines of a visit to the French start-up in Tel Aviv. “Everyone can be fully aware of the determination of the French government that there is no shortage. We reserve anyway to deal with these obstacles and I want to say again our determination to carry out reforms and I want to tell everyone that the law on labor, good for business and for employees, will proceed to Parliament and will be adopted definitively in July. No one can doubt for a moment, “he said.
Earlier in the morning, the Secretary of State for Transport, Alain Vidal, is also came to reassure on risk shortage, urging motorists not to give in to “panic”. Of the 12,000 petrol stations in the country, “there are only 1,500 who are impacted in whole or in part, it’s less than 20%, of course, concentrated in certain areas,” he said on RTL . Even in “the most impacted cities, there are still 60% of stations that work,” insisted Alain Vidal, saying the government was working also “for a number of stocks to be released.” Two fuel depots in Dunkirk (North), blocked since Thursday by protesters, have been taken to the protesters by riot police on Sunday morning did was learned from sources.
On Saturday, secretary general of the CGT Philippe Martinez promised amplification motion accusing François Hollande and Manuel Valls to use the same methods as Nicolas Sarkozy in 2010 to “break the strikes.” “Holland and Valls use the same methods that Mr Sarkozy in 2010. Faced with the struggle of the workers, they send the police to break the strike,” said he complained to AFP. “The position of the government and the Prime Minister in particular, is scandalous”, ruled the union official. “They are trying to speculate about problems with protests blaming the situation those who are fighting against this bill,” he added, promising “a reaction to the height of what the government did,” has he threatened.
For fear of shortages, partly due to concern motorists who stormed the gas stations, several prefectures took orders rationing, limiting the supply of 20 vehicles or 30 liters maximum. “Panic is never a good counselor, is also in places where it was rationed that are most consumed,” observed the secretary of state. . This Sunday, four of the eight refineries were still blocked and several fuel depots
Asked about the possible use of security forces to remove blockages, Manuel Valls replied: “First we must appeal to the responsibility of all, and then, with composure, intelligence, in the dialogue, I do not doubt that we gradually manage to overcome these few blocks, which must not exaggerate I think at this stage the volume “. Like his earlier Minister Manuel Valls said he was “very surprised as a number of posts, including the CGT and Force Ouvrière, even as we provided guarantees even in recent hours and days on the payment of overtime. There is no reason today to block deposition or refineries and hinder our compatriots. Alain Vidal had also questioned the motives of the demonstrators. “I am very surprised to hear this message. (…) If there was not a return to work, it would distort subsequent reality of this movement, it would mean that it was not the issue here (the overtime, Ed) that was major for those who called for the strike but other concerns, “he said.
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