'Catastrophe': Fuel shortage caused by strikes aggravates Paris drivers

Record ID: 1692706

  • Title: 'Catastrophe': Fuel shortage caused by strikes aggravates Paris drivers
  • Date: 11th October 2022
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (OCTOBER 11, 2022) (REUTERS) DIESEL PUMP TAXI DRIVING AWAY / CARS AT PETROL STATION CARS DRIVING PAST VIEW FROM CAR IN QUEUE AT PETROL STATION QUEUE AT PETROL STATION (SOUNDBITE) (French) DRIVER, SEBASTIEN, SAYING: "It's a catastrophe, one hour to get 15€ of gasoline, and here they only give out 30 litres at a time." MAN PUSHING MOTORCYCLE INTO PETROL STATION (SOUNDBITE) (French) DRIVER, SEBASTIEN, SAYING: "It (strike) is justified without actually being so, but I think it's more of a coup than anything else, it's so that we all convert to electric (vehicles)!" VEHICLES IN QUEUE (SOUNDBITE) (French) DELIVERY DRIVER, EDDY, SAYING: "The situation is very bad and a catastrophe, if it continues like this, everyone will go on strike because it's annoying, we can't drive because there's a lack of diesel. There's the union...well that's fine, but at some point, you have to respect others too, thank you." VEHICLES DRIVING PAST (SOUNDBITE) (French) DELIVERY DRIVER, EDDY, SAYING: "Yes, I understand the situation, but the state needs to act more, as soon as possible, otherwise there will be riots everywhere." RECEIPT SHOWING A PAYMENT OF 108 EUROS QUEUE AT PETROL STATION VARIOUS OF VEHICLES DRIVING PAST NOISY-LE-GRAND, FRANCE (OCTOBER 11, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF CLOSED PETROL STATION
  • Embargoed: 25th October 2022 12:05
  • Keywords: France fuel strike
  • Location: PARIS AND NOISY-LE-GRAND, FRANCE
  • City: PARIS AND NOISY-LE-GRAND, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Europe,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001143711102022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT 1408-FRANCE-STRIKE/REFINERIES CONTAINS SHOTS OF UNIONISTS PROTESTING OUTSIDE REFINERIES, SOUNDBITES OF UNIONISTS, SOUNDBITES OF FRENCH MINISTERS ON STRIKE
    France's refinery strike on Tuesday (October 11) continued to cause snaking queues at French service stations at a time of global shortages in distillates like diesel, frustrating drivers in Paris and surrounding suburbs.
    The walkouts and unplanned maintenance at refineries in France run by oil majors TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil have forced more than 60% of national refining capacity offline and blocked distribution from fuel depots.
    The French government said on Tuesday it stood ready to intervene to end a weeks-long oil refineries strike that has left a third of the country's fuel stations running low and exacerbated a global shortage of distillates.
    The rise in petrol pump prices at French service stations are unjustified, despite current supply problems, and the government is in contact with the consumer protection watchdog body over this, said French energy minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher.
    TotalEnergies also reiterated it would be willing to respond favorably to trade union demands for talks over wages, provided that blockades of fuel depots were lifted.
    (Production: Clotaire Achi, Yiming Woo)
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