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10:11 a.m. : Despite calls for negotiation and pressure from the government, “the employees voted again by a large majority for the continuation of the strike, we are still awaiting details in terms of negotiations by the management”assured AFP Eric Sellini, CGT coordinator for TotalEnergies.
10:09 : Like Esso-ExxonMobil, TotalEnergies has renewed the strike for wages in its fuel refineries, at the call of the CGT.
10:00 a.m. : While the fuel shortage continues, Tuesday, October 11, a question arises: what risk do employees who can no longer fill up and find themselves, in fact, without means of transport? Answer in this report from France 2.
10:10 a.m. : The strike was renewed despite the signing of a majority agreement on wages by other unions. The CGT and FO for their part rejected this agreement. “The movement was renewed this morning at 6 a.m., because it does not correspond to the demands of the striking employees who are asking for purchasing power”, justified Christophe Aubert, CGT central union representative, to AFP. According to him, the improvement of the proposal formulated by the management consists essentially of a bonus.
09:43 : The CGT and FO have renewed the strike affecting the two French refineries of the Esso-ExxonMobil group.
09:13 : It’s time for the traditional update on the news.
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• The government has called for lifting “without delay” blockages and threatened to“to intervene” by the voice of Olivier Véran, his spokesperson, interviewed on RTL. Follow our live.
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08:57 : Between 150 and 200 non-striking employees demonstrated yesterday in front of the gates of the ExxonMobil refining plant in Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine (Seine-Maritime), reports France Bleu Normandie. An action to express their wish to return to work after 21 days of a strike which – they say – jeopardizes the future of the site.
08:44 : Like his government colleagues, Bruno Le Maire brandished the threat of requisitions. “If we see that it is blocked, we will have no other way than to requisition the means necessary to release the deposits and operate the refineries”he warns.
08:42 : ? Strike at Total and Exxon ➡️ “I tell all our compatriots who are blocked that we are with them”, reacts Bruno Le Maire. “There is only one solution: the unblocking without delay, by negotiation The hand of salary negotiation has been extended.” https://t.co/uQcx41pz9j
08:40 : “For me, the timing, it is more in terms of hours, at the limit of days, than weeks because it has lasted too long.”
08:41 : Bruno Le Maire, the Minister of the Economy, is the guest of franceinfo to discuss the fuel situation. He calls for the resumption of negotiations at Total. “It is necessary that in the hours which come an agreement can be found”he assures. “Our compatriots cannot be the collateral victims of a conflict between a trade union organization, the CGT, and a private company, Total”he insists.
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08:34 : Fuel: “We are discussing with Total for an extension of their rebate”, @olivierveran in #RTLMatin with @amandine_begot https://t.co/Uvs4Pcpdij
08:34 : Finally, Olivier Véran confirmed what Clément Beaune assured on RMC, namely that the government was discussing “with Total in view that there could be an extension over a few days of the rebate” set up by the group.
08:28 : Olivier Véran believes that it will be necessary “A few days” to regain “normal operation” in the most affected regions. The government spokesman assured that “it will be the case within 15 days”, i.e. before the All Saints holidays. He also found it abnormal that “a few strike profiteers” made them jump “gasoline prices at the pump” at some stations.
08:30 : On RTL, Olivier Véran confirmed the difference in the situation between Exxon, where “there is no longer any reason for there to be any blockage” after the agreement between management and unions on Monday, and TotalEnergies, where “the CGT continues to call to block”that “we consider excessive and abnormal”. “Total management is right to ask for the blockages to be lifted before discussing”according to him.
08:15 : Olivier Véran, the government spokesman, wants to put a “healthy pressure” on the shoulders of all the actors so that they hear the message: “The blocking of refineries and depot centers must not rhyme with the blocking of the lives of millions of French people.” If the situation requires it, staff requisitions will be carried out to normalize the situation.
08:09 : #Fuel: “The government calls for all blockages to be lifted without delay, otherwise we will do what is necessary to lift them”, @olivierveran in #RTLMatin with @amandine_begot https://t.co/uTwmBJJ9kl
08:10 : The government calls for lifting “without delay” blockages of fuel depots and threat of“to intervene”according to his spokesperson Olivier Véran, guest of the morning of RTL.
08:09 : “That would be war.”
The threat of requisitions to unblock the situation around fuels reacted Emmanuel Lépine, the secretary general of the CGT of the Professional Petroleum Federation. “Nicolas Sarkozy had committed this illegal act and France was condemned in 2011, the following year, since it violates Convention 87 of the International Labor Organization [sur le droit de grève]so if Emmanuel Macron also wants to condemn the State and above all wants a rapid extension to other economic sectors because there I can guarantee you that it would be war, let him do it”he warned.
07:59 : ? Clément Beaune, Minister of Transport: “At Esso, there was an agreement yesterday at the end of the day which should make it possible to unblock part of the situation. For Total, social dialogue is still bogged down”. #ApollineMatin https://t.co/bQ02HFEZXO
07:56 : On RMC, Clément Beaune, the Minister Delegate for Transport, assured that the government was not going “let the situation rot again”. If the situation does not resolve, “we will take additional measures”, he added, without specifying which ones. He clarified, however, that a “OK” at Esso must enable the unlocking “during the day” part of the situation. On the other hand, she is “more blocked” at Total.
07:49 : A “requisition” of striking employees also called by François Asselin, the president of the General Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (CPME). “When it’s like that unfortunately, you have to show a little authority”, he assures Franceinfo. He wants employees “which we need to supply the tank trucks which themselves will supply the service stations”be requisitioned. “I appeal to the responsibility of all these personnel”did he declare.
07:41 : Faced with the increasingly tense situation in service stations in France, the government intends to bring everyone back to the negotiating table quickly and efficiently. Stop threatening. In particular, it envisages “requisitions” refinery workers. This can be decided by the prefects on behalf of “continuity of public service“In particular. Concretely, this would consist of releasing the pickets, if necessary by calling on the police, in order to make designated employees work.
07:24 : The regional dailies are interested in the fuel shortage affecting the country, with the same photos of queues at service stations, as for Le Dauphiné Libéré Where The Republican Berryor those of the pumps out of service, for The Ardennes and Alsace.
07:28 : “The government cannot allow the country to be blocked”insisted the entourage of the Prime Minister. “He will continue to take measures to facilitate the supply of stations as he has been doing for several days. Everyone must take responsibility. The government will take its own.”
07:29 : A crisis meeting was held last night at Matignon. Unions and management of oil refineries blocked in France must dialogue to end the shortage as soon as possible. The government “will take responsibility”warned Matignon. “A wage disagreement does not justify blocking the country. To refuse to discuss is to make the French the victims of a lack of dialogue”commented to AFP the entourage of Elisabeth Borne.
09:03 : Here is the traditional point which opens this direct.
After Russian strikes that left at least 14 dead and 97 injured, Ukraine accused Russia of being a terrorist state. These bombardments will be at the center of the discussions of the G7.
The National Assembly has begun examining the 2023 finance bill, which the government is preparing to have adopted without a vote. This passage in force is denounced in advance by the oppositions.
• The strike action for a wage increase at TotalEnergies was renewed on Tuesday. The government has called for the resumption of dialogue and “will take responsibility”warned Matignon.
The filling of jerry cans at the pump will be banned everywhere in France by decree, franceinfo learned from the Ministry of Energy Transition, while nearly 30% of service stations are experiencing supply difficulties.