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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
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Michael Fitzpatrick

French media divided over who's to blame for crippling fuel strike

CGT leader Philippe Martinez talks to strikers at the Port-Jérôme refinery in northern France. AFP - LOU BENOIST

As the wage dispute in the petrol refinery and distribution sector enters carries on, the French daily newspapers are sharply divided on the question of who is to blame for the chaos on the nation's streets, with desperate motorists scrambling for a few drops of juice.

Left-leaning Libération accuses President Macron of trade union bashing, adding that the French leader refuses any comment on the huge profits being made by the energy companies and their share-holders.

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