The Élysée announced a meeting on Monday afternoon regarding the fuel crisis. This meeting will bring together Emmanuel Macron, Elisabeth Borne and the ministers concerned. The President of the Republic said he wanted the fuel crisis “to be resolved as soon as possible”, promising to “do the maximum” for this purpose.
The Head of State will meet in particular with Ministers Bruno Le Maire (Economy), Agnès Pannier-Runacher (Energy Transition), Christophe Béchu (Ecological Transition), Clément Beaune (Transport) and government spokesperson Olivier Véran . However, the time of the meeting has not yet been specified.
While evading questions about the interprofessional social movement scheduled for Tuesday, he briefly mentioned the fuel crisis: “I am alongside all our compatriots who are struggling and who are tired of this situation”, affirmed the President of the Republic. during a visit to the Paris Motor Show.
“I want it to be resolved as soon as possible,” he added, replying “I know” to a journalist who asked him if the crisis was getting worse. Emmanuel Macron did not give further details on what the executive intended to do to end this crisis.
The government has launched new requisitions on two fuel depots to supply service stations in the face of the continuing strike at TotalEnergies, at the start of a high-risk week marked by an interprofessional movement on Tuesday and the first departures on vacation on Friday .