A 2003 law, used only once before, allows governments to “requisition” workers to “protect public order, cleanliness, calm and security”. The Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced on Tuesday that she would use her powers to force key staff at two refineries back to work. Its spokesman, Olivier Véran, says that it will if necessary send in the police to lift the union barricades of refineries and fuel depots. The government has already broken into its strategic oil stocks. MAP: How to find petrol or diesel during France’s fuel shortages In some places, it is becoming difficult for vital public services, from school buses to district nurses, to operate. Something like one in three filling stations has run out of petrol and diesel – more in the Paris area and northern France. The government, for precisely that reason, wanted to stay out of the dispute.
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