French minister Edouard Philippe said in an interview for France 2 yesterday that the government does not anticipate any changes to the law on diesel tax increases. In many places, participants of protests against government plans block access roads, roundabouts and access to motorways.
According to reports from the French media, apart from roads, protesters blocked several oil depots this morning, including Vern-sur-Seiche, near Rennes in Brittany, but also at La Pallice in La Rochelle.
The depot in Fos-sur-Mer at Bouches-du-Rhone is also blocked by demonstrators. To the north of Toulouse, the entry to the Total oil depot in Lespinasse is closed by a filtered roadblock, i.e. one that selectively allows some trucks to pass.
In Drôme, the „yellow vests” took positions around the Portes-lès-Valencedepot, where they block the cisterns.
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On Monday, truck drivers can expect difficulties and blockades on the following roads.
In Northern France:
– N47 from Lens to Lille (direction from west to east)
– N2 from Paris to Belgium – Mons (from south to north)
– N31 from Reims to Beauvais (in both directions)
– A34 (direction from east to west) near Cormontreuil
– N338, Rouen towards Paris (in both directions) near Le Petit-Quevilly
– N174 (in both directions) near Saint-Lô
– N174, from the RN13 road to A84 (from north to south) near Agneaux
– N12 (in both directions) near Plérin
At the border with Spain:
– A63, from Bordeaux to Biriatou – Spain (direction from north to south) at Bénesse-Maremne
– A64 (in both directions) around Bellocq, Biron and Seilhan
– N125 (in both directions) around Seilhan
– A9 from Spain (Barcelona) to Avignon (direction from south to north) near Le Boulou, Béziers
– A61 (in both directions) around Villeneuve-la-Comptal
At the border with Germany:
– N4, from Paris towards Germany – Freiburg-im-Breisgau (direction from west to east)
between Hommarting and Mittelbronn
– N61, from Phalsbourg (N4) towards Germany – Saarbrücken (in both directions)
near Hambach
– N33 from Saint-Avold towards Germany Allemagne – Saarlouis (direction from south to north) near Creutzwald
– N57 (in both directions) near Chavelot and Doubs
The map with the full list of roads covered by the protest is available on the Bison Foute website.
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