For Francis Pousse, leader of the professional organization Mobilians, “the situation has improved significantly compared to the start of the week”.
Motorists are beginning to see the end of the tunnel when it comes to fuels. Nationally, less than 17% of service stations are still experiencing difficulties, particularly in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Île-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Occitanie. A figure confirmed by Francis Pousse, national president of fuel and new energy distributors at Mobilians.
The situation “improved significantly compared to the beginning of the week» et «les stocks [de carburant] are much more comfortable today“, he underlines on Radio Classique this Friday morning. He specifies that areturn to usual gas station stocks is expected within five to seven days“. The level of supply is almost back to normal on the highways. This is partly due to the “oil companies [qui] have an obligation to delegate fuel to service stations on the motorway network».
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The Vinci group announced on Wednesday that at least 90% of the pumps were able to supply fuel. “Continuity of service at the 181 service areas in the Vinci Autoroutes network is 90% guaranteed on average for unleaded petrol, and 92% on average for dieselthe company said in a statement.
On the strike side, the movementcalm down day by dayobserves Francis Pousse. If the strike was renewed at the Gonfreville refinery, in Normandy, and at the Feyzin fuel depot, it was lifted at Donges, in Loire-Atlantique, as well as at La Mède and Flandres.