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France orders oil staff back to work amid fuel strikes

Despite a deal, the refinery strikes continue, which prime minister Élisabeth Borne says the government ‘cannot accept.’

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French prime minister Élisabeth Borne has ordered police to make sure staffers at Esso-ExxonMobil sites go back to work, amid strikes that have caused shortages at almost a third of the country's petrol stations, reports Politico

"I've asked police commissioners to begin, as the law permits, the requisition of personnel essential to this company's facilities," Borne told MPs Tuesday.

After days of disruption at oil facilities and long lines at petrol pumps, particularly in the Paris region and in the north of France, unions came to an agreement for a pay rise with Esso-ExxonMobil on Monday, while talks have begun between unions and TotalEnergies.

Read more of this report from Politico.