Unions are trying to mount pressure on the French government with strikes prolonged in some sectors, including at TotalEnergies oil refineries
TotalEnergies’ refinery deliveries were suspended on Wednesday, electricity output reduced and train services disrupted as those sectors remained on strike after a nationwide day of industrial action brought record numbers of people onto the streets.against a draft law that would see the pension age delayed by two years to 64.
oil refineries. It was the first time unions have decided on rolling strikes since the protest movement started at the end of January.Strikes continued at Esso’s refineries in Fos in northern France, and in Port Jerome in southern France, blocking fuel deliveries, Germinal Lancelin, a representative for the CGT union, told Reuters. Some 90 per cent of Fos workers were on strike and 20 per cent of those at Port Jerome, he said.
The four French LNG terminals and all of the gas storage facilities also remained blocked, FNME-CGT representative Fabrice Coudour said. French power production was reduced by 11.2 gigawatts on Wednesday morning as the strike affected nuclear, thermal and hydropower plants, operator EDF data showed. The supply reduction was equivalent to about 18 per cent of total production.
Railway traffic continued to be affected by the strike, though to a lesser degree than on Tuesday, with one in three high-speed trains running, on average, and one in three local trains.
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