these French in difficulty to go to work because of the shortage of gasoline

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The prefectures of eleven departments have decided to establish priority access for emergency and security services or to take restrictive measures. LOU BENOIST / AFP

TESTIMONIALS – Nurses, VTC drivers, waiters… While 30% of service stations are encountering supply difficulties, a good number of French workers are affected.

«It goes beyond worry“, says Thélio, 24, and liberal nurse in the Var. This young professional did not find any service stations open on Monday to fill up with gas. He is supposed to travel about 70 kilometers a day to go around his 40 patients. “I went to about ten gas stations this morning on my day off. They were all empty. I start calling my patients to let them know that I probably won’t be able to visit them tomorrow“, he explains.

Indeed, at the start of the week, 30% of service stations are experiencing supply difficulties. The Hauts-de-France are particularly affected with 54.8% of the stations which are concerned. Second region in difficulty: Île-de-France, where 44.9% of stations areout of stock at least one product“, according to the Ministry of Energy Transition. A anxiety-provoking situation for a good part of the French who use their car to work…

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