Seven of the eight French refineries were blocked Tuesday, according to the CGT, to protest against the pension reform. "These are refineries Esso and Total, so employees of the private sector," said Emmanuel Lépine, federal secretary of the CGT Chemistry, pointing to "the communication of the government that wants to believe that only employees of special schemes are mobilized" .
Only the Esso refinery of Notre-Dame de Gravenchon (Haute-Normandie) was not blocked. For the rest, "a conference call will take place after the announcements of Edouard Philippe Wednesday to take stock," he adds, not excluding a shutdown facilities in case of disappointment. An Esso spokeswoman mentioned a "very limited impact at the Fos refinery with only blocked shipments and no internal movement in Gravenchon".
"Not a drop of fuel comes out of the refinery"
The Total de Donges refinery (Loire-Atlantique), which was functioning normally on Monday, has gone back on a 24-hour strike to demand the withdrawal of the government pension reform project. "Shipments of products by pipelines, boats, trains, trucks are cut off, no drop of fuel is coming out of the refinery, and work is no longer being done except for the safety of the facilities. tomorrow again on the follow-up to give to the movement, "says the CGT.
In the Var, about sixty people tried to block the oil depot of Puget-sur-Argens around 11 pm Monday but the operation was foiled by the gendarmes. The CGT also calls on employees of EDF to mobilize "at least the same level as December 5", where according to the union more than half of the staff had gone on strike (41.6% of the total workforce according to the management ). According to Laurent Heredia, Federal Secretary of CGT Energie, a dozen power generation sites have started the strike tonight with load drops of 6,000 megawatts on the network.