Elisabeth Borne on Tuesday ordered the requisition of personnel for the release of the fuel depots of the Esso-Exxonmobil group.
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Four people were requisitioned in total, two for this Wednesday, October 12, two for the morning of Thursday, October 13, according to a prefectural decree signed by the prefect of the Normandy region, to work on the ExxonMobil site in Port-Jérôme, according to information obtained by France Bleu Normandie (Seine-Maritime and Eure). The announcement was made by the Ministry of Energy Transition.
This decree was sent to the director of the ExxonMobil site in Port-Jérôme, who notified them. It is taken with the aim of contributing to the supply of the Ile-de-France region, supplied by an oil pipeline from the Port-Jérôme depot, learned the economy service of franceinfo.
Believing “that you have to know how to end a strike”, Elisabeth Borne ordered on Tuesday, October 11, the requisition of the personnel essential to the operation of the fuel depots of Esso-ExxonMobil. The Prime Minister considers that the continuation of the strike is not acceptable since the two majority unions of the group have signed an agreement with the management of the group. Despite this threat, the strike at the Esso-ExxonMobil depot in Port-Jérôme was renewed on Wednesday morning.
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The CGT condemns this government decision. “I note that despite the declarations of the President of the Republic on his desire to listen better, he chooses not to listen but to force to challenge the right to strike”, lamented on France Inter Philippe Martinez, general secretary of the union. Six of the country’s eight refineries are on strike.