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Fuel shortages hit 10% of French gas stations

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Key Points
  • Fuel pumps are empty at about 10% of French gas stations.
  • Fuel prices are reaching new record levels in France.
  • The government faces criticism for lacking a broad support package.

Fuel pumps are empty at about ten percent of gas stations in France, and fuel prices are reaching new record levels. The government is facing criticism for not presenting a broad support package, but the prime minister wants to use revenues to accelerate electrification instead. A driver describes desperately searching for a gas station before his tank runs out, a sign of the anxiety driving many to hoard fuel.

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