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Refineries: the government announces the first requisitions of personnel at the Fos-sur-Mer oil depot

The executive carries out its threats. This Tuesday morning, the government announced “the requisition of personnel essential to the operation of the Fos-sur-Mer oil depot“. This measure, “valid for 48 hours“, concerned “three employees per shift», Specifies the Ministry of Energy Transition. This deposit, whichprovides fuel» the South-East of France, «also provides shipments by pipeline to the Lyon region“, we add.

The requisitionsare in progress since last night» et «there will be others, wherever needed“Warned government spokesman Olivier Véran on Tuesday morning. This decision will be made when blockages prevent “the French to evolve, to work, and to take their children to school“, he said. “We differentiate the social movement framed by the unions […] blockages, or scenes of tension“, like Monday evening, added the member of the government, on RTL.

This weekend, the executive had warned that it would not hesitate to set up requisitions of personnel, as with garbage collectors, if the strikes paralyzed the refineries of the territory. “We are not going to leave 65 million French men and women, and a country, together, blocked by a few dozen individuals“, affirmed the Minister Delegate in charge of Industry, Roland Lescure.

However, the situation in the Bouches-du-Rhône has worsened in recent days, with the blocking of oil installations. In this department, nearly 49% of fuel distribution locations are totally or partially out of stock. The neighboring territories of Gard (26.2%) and Vaucluse (24.8%) are also affected. “This blocking situation penalizes our fellow citizens, hinders the functioning of our country and threatens our economy.“, justifies the minister, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, in a press release. And to add that the requisitions remain “targeted» and concern a «very limited number of employees». «I’m not doing it against the right to strike but for the French who need to move around, to go to work, to take their children to pass the baccalaureate exams“, also pleads the minister.

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