Guillaume Dominguez 07:22, March 29, 2023

Nearly 16% of gas stations in the country lack at least one fuel. Queues are getting longer and motorists are already experiencing some supply difficulties.

In the streets, the protest against the pension reform is running out of steam. On Tuesday, fewer than 800,000 people marched across France, according to authorities. The CGT claims the figure of 2 million demonstrators. Nevertheless, in the refineries, the strike drags on and the threat of a shortage approaches. On Tuesday, nearly 16 percent of the country's gas stations lacked at least fuel. Motorists are starting to track down every drop of gasoline.

Longer queues

"Out of service". A message that has become recurrent at the entrance of Parisian gas stations. Samuel, a motorist, is annoyed: he is soon dry. "I'm looking. This is the third pump. There is no gasoline," he told Europe 1.

He is far from alone. Behind him, the line of cars grows. Other motorists are worried, such as Lisa, who uses her car every day.

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"I bring my son to nursery. I work, I do visits, I am a real estate agent. It's very complicated when you're driving in Paris. With traffic jams, we consume even more," she explains.

Lead-free impacted

Despite her difficulty finding gasoline, Lisa understands and supports the strike movement. This is not the case with Gaël. "For me, it's misguided. Blocking refineries blocks people like us, it prevents people from going to work. The people targeted by the block are not directly impacted. They don't have a gas problem, they won't have trouble taking transport," he said.

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If the shortage remains relative, it mainly concerns for the moment unleaded, stocks could well become critical for diesel in the coming days.