DECRYPTION – The management of these reserves allows France to cope with economic hazards, such as the current social movement.
Does France really have sufficient reserves to deal with the difficulties in supplying the stations caused by the strike affecting TotalEnergies and Exxon? The executive ensures in any case that yes, while nearly three out of ten stations encountered “difficultieson at least one fuel, Sunday afternoon. Several ministers have also pointed out that the State had dipped into its strategic reserves, for a few days, in order to supply the territories hardest hit by shortages. Enough to ease tensions little by little, this week, according to the government.
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But what do these famous strategic stocks represent? They are the result of decades of expertise in France in this area. “France has a long tradition of security oil storage“, having understood early the capital aspect of this file, judge Francis Perrin. This issue had been dealt with as early as 1928, in a lawon the oil import regime“, highlighted…
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