Refresh

Show highlights only

THE ESSENTIAL

  • For three weeks, workers at the Total and Esso refineries have been on strike to demand better wages, leading to fuel shortages across the country.

    A third of service stations are affected by this movement.

  • The social conflict continues this Thursday at Esso-ExxonMobil, targeted by initial requisitions from employees, while at TotalEnergies, the situation is at a standstill after the refusal of striking employees to release fuel shipments to supply service stations. dried up.

  • During an interview on France 2 on Wednesday evening, Emmanuel Macron predicted a return to normal in the distribution of fuels "in the course of the coming week", calling "to responsibility" the management of TotalEnergies and the CGT.

HAVE

READ ALSO

Company

Fuel shortage: Where to find petrol at a station near you?


Company

Fuel shortage: Beware of this fake TotalEnergies card scam




05:52: Requisitions begin

The conflict entered a new phase on Wednesday with the execution of the threat of requisitions by the government.

These currently affect four employees of the fuel depot at the ExxonMobil Port-Jérôme/Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon refinery in Seine-Maritime, ordered to reopen the valves.

“The pumping was able to start and the fuel be injected into the pipeline intended to supply Ile-de-France”, specified in the evening the prefecture of Seine Maritime.

A "scandalous decision", protested Philippe Martinez, leader of the CGT, who came in support of the employees.

He also announced the filing of an interim order this Thursday to oppose it.

5:49 a.m .: The “No” of the TotalEnergies strikers

Late Wednesday evening, strikers at TotalEnergies firmly declined a management proposal to release dawn deliveries as a precondition for opening in the wake of wage negotiations.

05:45: Nearly a third of stations lack at least one fuel

According to the count of the Ministry of Energy Transition, Wednesday at 5 p.m., 30.8% of service stations lacked one or more fuels against 31.3% on Tuesday.

A worse proportion in Hauts-de-France, Ile-de-France and Center-Val-de-Loire.

05h40: Welcome to this Live

Hello everyone.

The editorial staff of

20 Minutes

is once again mobilized to give you the latest information on the strikes in the refineries.

This Thursday will be marked in particular by the first requisitions wanted by the government.

  • Economy

  • Essence

  • Fuels

  • Energy

  • Strike

  • Car

  • Company