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France orders gas depot workers back to ensure fuel supplies

A red and white ribbon prevents entrance at a closed petrol station in Saint Jean de Luz, southwestern France, Wednesday, Oct.12, 2022. The French government on Wednesday started the process of requisitioning workers at petrol depots of ExxonMobil's French branch Esso in an attempt to ensure that service stations around the country are supplied with badly needed fuel amid an ongoing strike, saying shortages are becoming "unbearable" to too many in the country. (AP Photo/Bob Edme) A sign reads "Out of service" on a pump at a petrol station in in Saint Jean de Luz, southwestern France, Wednesday, Oct.12, 2022. The French government on Wednesday started the process of requisitioning workers at petrol depots of ExxonMobil’s French branch Esso in an attempt to ensure that service stations around the country are supplied with badly needed fuel amid an ongoing strike, saying shortages are becoming “unbearable” to too many in the country.(AP Photo/Bob Edme) A red and white ribbon prevents the entrance at a closed petrol station in Saint Jean de Luz, southwestern France, Wednesday, Oct.12, 2022. The French government on Wednesday started the process of requisitioning workers at petrol depots of ExxonMobil’s French branch Esso in an attempt to ensure that service stations around the country are supplied with badly needed fuel amid an ongoing strike, saying shortages are becoming “unbearable” to too many in the country. (AP Photo/Bob Edme) Drivers line up at a petrol station in Roubaix, northern France, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. The French government on Wednesday started the process of requisitioning workers at petrol depots of ExxonMobil’s French branch Esso in an attempt to ensure that service stations around the country are supplied with badly needed fuel amid an ongoing strike, saying shortages are becoming “unbearable” to too many in the country. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)