Around a week for French fuel shortages to end, Macron estimates
Union leaders say strike action has today been renewed in five refineries
President Emmanuel Macron has said that the fuel shortages being experienced by around one in three French petrol stations could come to an end 鈥榦ver the course of the coming week鈥�
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The fuel shortages being experienced by around one in three French petrol stations could be resolved 鈥渙ver the course of the coming week鈥�, President Emmanuel Macron said last night.
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Government sources later confirmed to France T茅l茅visions that this would mean a return to normal in the next seven to 10 days.
Mr Macron was speaking during an interview on the first episode of 尝鈥櫭塿茅苍别尘别苍迟, a new political interview programme on France 2.
TotalEnergies鈥� Jean-Marc Durand had previously told on Monday (October 10) that refineries would need 鈥渁 good week鈥� to get back to normal after the strikes come to an end.
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Today (October 13), the TotalEnergies strike has been renewed in five refineries, the CGT union has announced.
Union coordinator Eric Sellini said: 鈥淭he strike has been renewed in the Normandy, Donges, Feyzin and M猫de refineries and the Flandes depot.鈥�
The CGT 鈥渃ategorically鈥� refused to accept the company鈥檚 demand that fuel deliveries begin at 05:00 this morning before salary negotiations could start at 08:00.
鈥淲e have consulted with the strikers and received a massive, categorical refusal; they do not want this demand in order to be able to negotiate,鈥� CGT secretary Thierry Defresne said.
At TotalEnergies, the CGT is asking for a 10% pay rise for workers in line with inflation and to better distribute the $10.6billion TotalEnergies made in profits in the first half of 2022.
At the Esso-ExxonMobil refinery in Port-J茅r么me/Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon, four staff have been required to return to work as part of a government 谤茅辩耻颈蝉颈迟颈辞苍 ordering that enough employees be present for a minimum service to be provided.
CGT leader Philippe Martinez has described this as a 鈥渟candalous decision鈥�.
The ecological transition ministry has said that 30.8% of petrol stations were seeing shortages of one or several fuels yesterday evening, with the situation being particularly severe in Hauts-de-France, Ile-de-France and Centre-Val-de-Loire.
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