Geoffrey Branger, edited by Yanis Darras 2:25 p.m., October 08, 2022, modified at 2:25 p.m., October 08, 2022

As the fuel shortage worsens and it becomes more and more difficult to find fuel in certain regions of France, applications can come to the aid of motorists.

Waze, Gaspal... Europe 1 takes stock. 

Where to find gasoline?

That's the question motorists are asking right now.

To find a station with a few liters still available, tips exist.

The first: the monessence.fr website.

Once on the site, you can search anywhere in France, sorting by the type of fuel you are looking for.

On this site, we can see the hardest hit areas, like the Paris region, the north of the country or the Mediterranean basin.

Then, before taking your car, you can turn to different applications, starting with Gaspal, which allows you to access a map of stations open in France, but also in Spain or Italy.

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No improvement in sight

Little more with this application, motorists will be able to compare the prices in force in the various stations around them.

Finally, the Waze application, which works on feedback from its 20 million users, remains one of the most reliable ways to find out which resort you are going to. 

Solutions that might be useful for the week ahead.

Despite the release of strategic stocks by the government and the exceptional circulation of tanker trucks this weekend, supply problems at service stations are expected to persist.

In fact, for the past ten days, strikes have broken out in the Total and Esso groups to demand wage increases, which has led to the closure of most French refineries and therefore stock problems in certain stations.

Strike right

Nearly 20% of them would be dry this Saturday, announces the government, which therefore calls on the responsibility of unions and oil groups to find a solution as soon as possible.

“We have done everything within the company to show the dissatisfaction of the employees. But at one point, when we are not heard, I do not know of any other means in France than the exercise of the right to strike to show his dissatisfaction", explains to the microphone Europe 1 the secretary general CGT at TotalÉnergies Europe, Thierry Defresne. 

"We are asking for the opening of negotiations for catch-up measures following the inflation of 2022. (...) The responsibility is indeed on the side of TotalÉnergies which, for four months, has turned a deaf ear to the legitimate demands of employees" , assures the trade unionist.

The CGT is demanding salary increases of 10% and intends to continue the movement as long as there is no agreement.