This “significant improvement” was unveiled by the Prime Minister before the National Assembly on Tuesday afternoon.
The supply of fuel to service stations improved further on Tuesday with “less than 25%” of them in difficulty at noon, against more than 28.1% the previous evening, announced the Prime Minister before the National Assembly.
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In Hauts-de-France, the shortage has largely dried up in recent days. While more than half of service stations lacked at least one product at the start of last week in the northern region, they are now only 18.5%. In Île-de-France, the rate fell by four points in less than 24 hours.
This improvement is based on the requisitions decided a week ago by the government. “Thanks to the end of the conflict at Esson-ExxonMobil, thanks to all the measures we have taken, we are now experiencing a significant improvement in the situation“, declared Elisabeth Borne during the session of questions to the government at the Assembly. However, no requisition was planned for Tuesday in the two regions concerned so far, according to information confirmed by the prefectures of Hauts-de-France and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in Figaro.
«I fully measure the difficulties of millions of French people who, even today, are penalized by strikes in oil depots and refineries.“said the Prime Minister.