Strikes cripple French oil refineries, disrupt shipping


  • World
  • Wednesday, 25 May 2016

Cars queue to get gas at a petrol station in Saint-Sebastien-sur-Loire near Nantes, France, May 24, 2016. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Strikes by French oil sector workers protesting proposed labour reforms spread to all the country's refineries on Tuesday, sapping petrol stations dry and creating delays for tankers at major ports.

France has been hit by a wave of strikes over the past week aimed at forcing President Francois Hollande's socialist government to withdraw proposed new labour market rules.

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