Saturday, May 28, 2016

Fuels: the crisis is not “complete” for Alain Vidal – Les Echos

The crisis is not over yet, even if the fuel supply in France, disturbed by the movement against the reform of the labor market is improving, said Saturday the Secretary State for Transport, Alain Vidal.

He was speaking in the courtyard of Matignon, after a meeting of the oil industry professionals and ministers around the head of government, Manuel Valls.

The government will take steps to ensure businesses have access to fuel stocks in the hours and days to come, has he said.



Take stock of companies and planned actions

the bosses of oil sectors and Transport were received on Saturday at 11:00 in Hotel Matignon by Manuel Valls. The meeting was attended by the Minister of Economy Emmanuel Macron, the Secretary of State for Transport Alain Vidal, and Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve.

were invited “players in the oil sector (refining, petroleum distributors – integrated, independent retailers – storekeepers), representatives of the transport sector (professional associations, ports) “said Matignon in a statement, in order to allow” take stock of the situation in the supply of fuels, companies and planned actions “do we added.

from Japan Friday, the president said, before the threat of obstacles, the “first duty” of the executive was to ensure “freedom of movement” and “the proper functioning of the economy. “

Saturday, Manuel Valls reiterated in Le Parisien that he would go” to the end “to pass the labor law and Article 2, still disputed by unions and part of the left. “My door is always open, I’m always ready for discussion,” says the Prime Minister face to readers today in France / Le Parisien. “But when a text has been discussed, it has generated a compromise with the social partners, it was passed in the National Assembly, I believe that my responsibility is to go to the end” added the head of government.

“no problem with the CGT”

Prime Minister shall not have a “problem with the CGT, nor with Philippe Martinez.” “But the CGT demands the withdrawal of the text, it has chosen a very hard and strategy of the impasse” regrets there. “There will be no withdrawal of the text, no indent of Article 2, which aims to decentralize the social dialogue because it is the heart of this legislation,” said Manuel Valls again about this article on enterprise agreements which crystallized discontent.

“I do not think the movement will grow, but I remain cautious because I do not do social weather . However, violence worries me there is radicalism in society “, also argues Manuel Valls. “My responsibility as head of government is to ensure that the French draw supplies of gasoline, that companies are not penalized by blockages,” said Manuel Valls. “So we will continue with determination to evacuate.”



Requisitions?

The day before, Manuel Valls did not ruled out the possibility of a requisition employees in refineries. “All options are on the table.” The security forces have already lifted blockades in eleven dépôts.A a little over two weeks of the start of the Euro football, mobilization, which began on 9 March, is up a notch from the weekend with the opening match of the employees of oil facilities and fuel supply difficulties. Fourteen deposits were released without incident, according to the Interior Ministry.

Nevertheless, France has tapped into its strategic fuel reserves in the amount of three days 115 available according to figures given Tuesday.

the situation improved at the pump

in the field, all oil depots blocked by opponents labor bill have been released, except one (Gargenville in Yvelines), had said Friday the Secretary of State for Transport. However, six of the eight refineries in the country were still stopped or idling.

As for the service stations, the situation has improved since Thursday. In total just under a third (659) of its 2,200 stations were in trouble, against 815 on Thursday. The group has tripled its fleet of trucks usual to replenish its network. In the northwest, the Eure prefecture has reported a “marked improvement of fuel stocks” in the department, with “only 15% of the stations of the department” closed or struggling while supply the prefect of the Cotes d’Armor repealed a decree that restricted the sale of fuels to vehicles.

the demonstrators opposed to the labor law are far from giving up. The Inter (CGT, Solidaires, FSU, UNEF, Fidl, UNL) has called “to continue and amplify the mobilization” before the next national day of action on June 14

until that next day of action, the strike was extended until Monday the oil terminals in the Havre that particular feed the Paris airports of Orly and Roissy kerosene. But the government has imposed a minimum service, allowing partial resumption of oil shipments.

The valves remain closed in the oil terminals Marseille , where the personal work stoppage has been extended to Tuesday.

Status quo also refinery Grandpuits (Seine-et-Marne) whose employees voted to strike extension to Friday, June 3, and that of Donges , where the CGT called for an unlimited work stoppage until the withdrawal of the labor law.

Au deposit Gargenville , the largest of Ile-de-France, employees have also voted to continue the strike until June 3 .

Les Echos

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