PARIS — French truck drivers staged road blockages near fuel depots across the country Monday to protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s changes to labour laws. Government spokesman Christophe Castaner called on French drivers not to rush to gas stations to avoid fuel shortages. Protesters also organized an operation to slow down traffic on a major highway in northern France close to the Belgian border. “There’s free access to almost all fuel depots”, the ministry said in a statement. “As a consequence, gas stations are being supplied normally.”Macron says the labour law changes are essential to reviving the French and European economies.

Source: National Post September 25, 2017 08:03 UTC