France orders gas station workers back to ensure supplies
Associated PressPARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron promised the situation in the country’s gas stations will soon be back to “normal” as the government started requisitioning some workers at ExxonMobil’s Esso gas stations amid an ongoing strike that is making life difficult for French drivers. The situation has been prompted by “social conflicts in two companies, Exxon and Total, which made big profits” from high oil and gas prices amid the global energy crisis that was aggravated by Russia’s war in Ukraine, he said. French Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne asked on prefects to launch the requisition procedure for Esso’s gas stations two days after a deal was reached between two unions and the company’s leadership over a pay rise. French government spokesman Olivier Veran said the consequences of the strike have become “unbearable for too many French people.” “Some people cannot go to work, others can’t take their children to school, go shopping, or some are even unable to access treatment,” Veran said.
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