The Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, assured this Thursday that “the French can leave confident” on vacation, with “a return to normal in the coming days” concerning the supply of fuel to service stations, in an interview with Release.
“The situation has improved markedly since the beginning of the week”, argues the head of government, against a backdrop of the breathlessness of the social movement of the oil sites, two of them from TotalEnergies remaining at a standstill this Thursday after new strike votes. “I’m not going to tell you that the situation will be 100% settled for departures on vacation, but the French can leave confident,” insisted Elisabeth Borne, evoking “the prospect of a return to normal in the days to come. “, with “90% of motorway stations (which) will operate normally” from Friday evening for the start of the All Saints school holidays.
A quarter of resorts in difficulty in Ile-de-France and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
The mobilization launched by the CGT on September 27 caused major fuel supply difficulties, exasperating individuals and professionals struggling to fill their tanks. This Thursday, 16.9% of stations experienced supply difficulties on at least one fuel (against 20.3% on Wednesday), with situations still tense in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (29.0%). A quarter of the stations were in difficulty in Ile-de-France and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
The Vinci Autoroutes group had already wanted to reassure future vacationers by announcing on Wednesday that at least 90% of the service stations in its network were able to provide fuel. “Continuity of service is ensured at 82% for unleaded petrol, and 88% for diesel, at the 97 service areas of the APRR and AREA motorways”, had for their part specified the subsidiaries of the Eiffage group. .