&NewLine;<h2 class="wp-block-heading">STRIKE OF FUEL TRANSPORTERS IN PORTUGAL </h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>On August 12, fuel transporters in Portugal went on strike. António Costa's government decided to put the country into an energy crisis until August 21; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The <a href="https://vivreauportugalconsulting.com/le-portugal-en-pleine-forme/"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">government</span></strong></a> imposes a number of rules that will affect users, including the use of the army to provide minimum service; from now on, each car will only be able to fill a maximum of 25 liters of fuel&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class="wp-block-heading">A real energy crisis</h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>On Monday evening, the government declared a state of energy crisis throughout the country until August 21, limiting refueling with used fuel to 25 liters for light vehicles and 100 liters for heavy goods vehicles&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Beware&comma; because this only concerns stations that are not considered to be priority&period; In these&comma; only 15 liters of fuel can be supplied per car&period; The situation is already very tense&comma; many stations are already short of diesel&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Minimum service implemented </h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Portuguese government&nbsp&semi;decided on Monday August 12 to requisition truck drivers&nbsp&semi;on the first day of a strike by fuel transporters in Portugal&comma; who are demanding pay rises&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to government spokesman Tiago Antumes <strong>"&ThinSpace;There was no other solution&ThinSpace;"</strong>The measure will be implemented&nbsp&semi;<strong>"&ThinSpace;</strong>in regions and sectors where minimum services have not been respected<strong>&ThinSpace;"</strong>He added, citing in particular the supply of airports and the Algarve region, where many Portuguese and foreign tourists spend their holidays&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>After noting that minimum services had been respected in the morning&comma; Prime Minister Antonio Costa declared that the situation had evolved negatively&comma; paving the way for the requisition of truckers&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="https://i2.wp.com/vivreauportugalconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/greve-des-transporteurs-de-carburant-1.jpg?fit=640%2c409&;ssl=1" class="wp-image-5889"/></figure></div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Army requisitioned to provide minimum service</h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Portuguese judiciary states that "this strike by the transporters is within the limits of what is admissible"&comma; but the&rsquo&semi;opinion rejects any stance on the legality of the claim&period; "That depends on the courts&period;" The same opinion states that minimum services can and should be extended to "protect other rights and interests"&period; The Attorney General says that for this "what is necessary&comma; is the progressive extension of minimum services"&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Portuguese judiciary has indicated that this is possible and legal&period; The government has stated that this has not yet been decreed&comma; but that it has not ruled out this hypothesis&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class="wp-block-heading">18&ThinSpace;&percnt; service stations completely dry</h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Anticipating the difficulties of refuelling&comma; many motorists had filled up before the beginning of the movement&period; Monday afternoon&comma; about 18&ThinSpace;&percnt; of the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="quelque 3&thinspace;000 stations-service (opens in a new tab)" href="https://eco.sapo.pt/2019/08/13/mai-ja-distribuiu-14-mil-disticos-de-acesso-prioritario-a-rede-de-emergencia/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">some 3&ThinSpace;000 service stations</span></strong></a> of the country were completely dry, and just as many lacked at least one type of fuel&period;</p>&NewLine;
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