Keyword: fuel

Oil refineries, nuclear power plants and transport hubs were hit, motorways and bridges were blocked and protesters clashed with police.

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Finance minister Michel Sapin says CGT union is holding France hostage and that government will take the necessary action to end blockade.

CGT union votes to stop production at Total's Normandy refinery in north-west France as workers seek withdrawal of labour reform bill.

The Franco-Dutch airline says it made a 1.19bn euros net loss in 2012, blaming sharply rising fuel costs and trouble with its cargo business.

The German government and press insist the French have got it wrong, even if most drivers in Germany support it.

Government has struck a deal with fuel suppliers to cut petrol and diesel prices by 6 euro cents a litre for the next three months.