PARIS, April 3 (Prensa Latina) Strikes and closures of refineries and fuel depots against pension reform are maintaining their sway in France, where 10 percent of stations lack some products, newspapers reported today.
According to a report in the newspaper Le Figaro, the situation is more tense in the Paris region, which brings together this capital and seven other departments, with 35 percent of points of sale affected. Data closes on Sunday at 1:00 pm: 00 local time.
In Val-de-Marne, partial or total shortages were present yesterday in more than half of the stations, and in at least four out of 10 in Hauts-de-Seine, Essonne and Paris, the source specifies.
Since the adoption of the reform that includes extending the retirement age from 62 to 64 years, on March 20, nationwide protests and strikes called by unions have increased, with fuel supply, public transport and waste collection among the worst affected sectors. .
The unions agreed to a proposal for a dialogue from Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne’s meetings scheduled for Wednesday, although they did not expect the government to back down on its project.
In this sense, the unions continue their strikes and mobilization, which they called for the upcoming Thursday, in what will be the eleventh day of rallies since January 19, to demand the annulment of the text that was adopted without a parliamentary vote, which caused alarm. from his critics.
Five months ago, France suffered from a crisis in the supply of gasoline and diesel types due to wage claims, an episode marked by long lines of vehicles and restrictions, some of which entered into force again in the affected towns.
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