STORY: After weeks of strikes in fuel refineries in France, the queues at the petrol stations are getting longer and longer. People are increasingly annoyed: “It’s awful, you can’t move. I work nearby, but it’s disastrous for anyone who works far from home. I hope there’s a solution soon. Look at the line come on, that’s completely unacceptable. How are people supposed to work there?” “It’s a disaster for me. I have a handicapped child. I’ve been on the road all day to take him to care. I’m already driving in reserve. I’m panicking if I can get gas anywhere.” More than 60 percent of the refinery capacities in France are currently paralyzed by the strikes. The CGT union is demanding, among other things, a wage increase of 10 percent. The government in Paris announced on Tuesday that it was ready to intervene to end the bottlenecks at petrol stations. One could order the requisition of personnel to end the blockades of the tank farms. If necessary, the country’s strategic fuel reserve can also be used, said a government spokesman. It is currently unclear how the strike and the situation at the gas stations will develop. At one of the country’s largest refiners, Exxon Mobile, management and union negotiations are ongoing. At TotalEnergies the situation remains deadlocked.