Passing through the Auto Show on Monday, Porte de Versailles, Emmanuel Macron may have had his eye on a very specific part of the vehicles presented: their tank. While nearly a third of the country’s gas stations are still in difficulty, despite the requisitions of strikers, the French president called for a solution “as quickly as possible” to “settle” the crisis.
Around 5 p.m., he therefore brought together Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and the members of the government concerned at the Elysée. The opportunity to take “an update on the situation”, in particular with the ministers Bruno Le Maire (Economy), Agnès Pannier-Runacher (Energy Transition), Christophe Béchu (Ecological Transition), Clément Beaune (Transport) and the spokesperson of the Olivier Véran government, indicates the Elysée.
Porte de Versailles, he had evaded questions about the interprofessional strike movement scheduled for Tuesday. “I am alongside all our compatriots who are struggling and who are fed up with this situation”, “we will continue to do our best”, he said. “I want it to be resolved as soon as possible,” he added, replying “I know” to a journalist who asked him if the crisis was getting worse. He did not give further details on what the executive intended to do.