Subscribe now for Gulf Times. By signing up with an email address, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Your email exists. Support for continued action came after unions rejected on Thursday a 1. The CGT and fellow hard-left union FO have called on striking workers to step up blockades of refineries and fuel depots so companies are faced with supply shortages.
Some CIM employees staged a brief walk out on Thursday in solidarity with the striking refinery workers but they resumed work later in the day. UFIP said some petrol stations were experiencing minor supply issues but there were no widespread fuel shortages.
Yesterday, a day ahead of planned protests in Paris against rising fuel prices and taxes on petrol, a French minister warned that lawmakers had been threatened by angry demonstrators. France has seen days of protests and blockades by protesters wearing yellow high-visibility jackets. Hundreds of people have been injured or arrested.
Two have died in traffic incidents linked to the protests. The minister told a news conference the man had shown onlookers the grenade Police special forces were evaluating the situation, Castaner said. Local authorities later clarified that the man was at a car wash rather than, as Castaner had said, a petrol station, adding that his demands were not yet clear.
Castaner appealed to protest organisers to declare their plans to police in line with French law, saying that was necessary to protect everyone. The authorities have said that protesters are allowed to rally at the gardens around the Eiffel Tower, a slightly less central location.
