While Emmanuel Macron increases the tone in the hope of hastening negotiations between companies and employees of refineries, Elisabeth Borne envisages requisitions.
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A race against the watch. Barely returned from Algiers on Monday, October 10, Elisabeth Borne summoned an emergency meeting on the fuel crisis, which takes a critical turn after ten days of social movement in refineries and deposits. The Prime Minister brought together, at 9 p.m. in Matignon, the Minister Delegate in charge of Transport Clément Beaune, that of Place Beauvau Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of Energy Transition Agnès Pannier-Runacher, as well as the government spokesman, Olivier Olivier Véran.
The issue is, at the request of the Head of State, to resolve the problem of petrol shortages as quickly as possible which affect a third of the service stations, especially in Hauts-de-France and in the Region Parisian, and which extends to the Atlantic facade. The concern of the executive increases as the blocking threatens to get upset. The CGT announced the renewal of the strike until Tuesday, with the aim of obtaining wage increases of around 10 % to take into account inflation and exceptional profits made by petroleum groups.
In Matignon, Monday evening, Elisabeth Borne was shared: the State does not have to intervene in relations between companies and employees, but must respond to the very strong concern of the French. The option of service stations and deposits required was debated. Gérald Darmanin pleaded in this sense, with the concern of security near the roads and a political look at the Hauts-de-France, region affected by the queues at the pump and election land of Marine Le Pen . Olivier Véran also leaning to requisition without delay, judging the situation too eruptive in public opinion.
The Prime Minister wanted to leave a way out to the actors concerned. “If they do not find an agreement within twenty-four hours or forty-eight hours, we requisition, we will no longer have the choice,” understood a participant. Earlier in the day, Elisabeth Borne had promised that “there would [have] the fastest possible replenishment of service stations”.
“The government will take its responsibilities”
In the entourage of Agnes Pannier-Runacher, we congratulated ourselves, Monday evening, that the Esso-Exxonmobil group on its side reached an agreement hoping for “quick improvements”, while counting on the direction of Totalenergies To respond in turn to negotiation requests. “Otherwise the government will take responsibility to ensure supply,” warns this executive source.
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