A mobilization "not acceptable" for the Secretary of State for the Economy. Agnès Pannier-Runacher deemed this Thursday "illegal" the blocking of refineries desired by the CGT Federation of Chemistry from January 7 to 10 to obtain the withdrawal of the pension reform project.
“It's illegal to block refineries. It's not the right to demonstrate, it's not the right to strike, ”she said on BFMTV. "Today it is legitimate for the French to have access to petrol, it is pressure that is not acceptable," she said. "What is important is to say that we do not attach rights to a status, it is that tomorrow you can change jobs and continue to have your rights, it is extremely important at some point or two thirds of the trades are not known, those that will be in 2050, we don't know them, "she continued.
"This government hears nothing"
Thierry Defresne, central union representative at Total, said Tuesday that the CGT Federation of Chemistry called for a blockage of all petroleum installations - refineries, petroleum terminals, deposits - for 96 hours, from January 7 to 10. "This government does not hear anything, we must put more pressure", he explained to AFP, while specifying that it is a question of blocking the exit of petroleum products and not of stopping production .
The oil sector wants to "participate in the mobilization but does not want to find itself isolated as in 2016". During the mobilizations against the Labor Law in 2016, a 24-day renewable strike with shutdown of the facilities had been decided, he recalled.
Beware of "full of precaution"
"These announcements are made to panic the French and that they rush into the stations which can then cause ruptures on fuels", deplored for his part the Minister for Ecological Transition Elisabeth Borne. “I am very confident. Our refineries are operating today, six out of seven ship their products. There is no problem today with supplying stations and there will not be any tomorrow. We have stocks for three months. The only thing that can create difficulties is if there are lots of precautions, "she assured LCI.
Of the eight French refineries (including the La Mède bio-refinery), five depend on the Total group, two from Esso (Exxon-Mobil) and one from Petroineos, that of Lavera in Bouches-du-Rhône. The call also concerns the oil terminals of Dunkirk, Le Havre and Marseille, the depots and the refuellers (which supply the planes with fuel).
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