France launches requisitioning of staff for Fos-sur-Mer petrol depot

The French government has taken steps to requisition staff to ensure the functioning of Exxon Mobil's Fos-sur-Mer petrol depot, said government minister Clement Beaune, amid growing unrest over plans to raise the French retirement age.

Beaune also told France Inter radio on Tuesday that the situation regarding supplies of petrol in the southern France Bouches-du-Rhone region was "tense", and that more travel disruption was expected for later this week.