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France 24
France 24
Politics
Joanna YORK

France's fuel shortage causes frustration for motorists, anxiety for government

'Out of service' signs are seen on petrol pumps at a TotalEnergies petrol station in Rouffach, eastern France, on October 8, 2022. © Sebastien Bozon, AFP

Petrol pumps have been running dry in France as striking energy workers disrupt deliveries. As frustration mounts among motorists, businesses and beyond, President Emmanuel Macron has called for calm. 

On Friday morning a queue hundreds of metres long snaked out from a petrol station in the suburbs of Paris.

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