Emmanuel Macron, who wants the situation “to be resolved as soon as possible”, brought together the ministers concerned on Monday afternoon at the Élysée.
Emmanuel Macron called for a solution on Monday “as soon as possible» pour «adjust» the fuel crisis Around Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne and the members of the government concerned gathered at the Elysée Palace, the Head of State then said «a point of the solution“. With Ministers Bruno Le Maire (Economy), Agnès Pannier-Runacher (Energy Transition), Christophe Béchu (Ecological Transition), Clément Beaune (Transport) and government spokesperson Olivier Véran. “The decision that was taken is to mobilize a notch above the prefects in support of Total, Esso, to speed up the delivery of fuel to service stations in conjunction with carriers”explained Agnès Pannier-Runacher at the end of the meeting on RTL.
The supply of fuel service stations improved slightly with 28.1% of them in difficulty on Monday, against more than 30% the day before, announced the Minister for Energy Transition. While evading questions about the interprofessional social movement scheduled for Tuesday, the president briefly mentioned the fuel crisis during his visit to the show. “I am alongside all our compatriots who are struggling and who are tired of this situation», «we will continue to do our best“, he said. “I want this to be fixed as soon as possible“, he added, responding “I knowto a journalist who asked him if the crisis was getting worse.
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Emmanuel Macron did not give further details on what the executive intended to do. 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 .
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