Fuel sales restricted in parts of France amid shortage, strikes​​​​​​​

PARIS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 12: Fuel sales restrictions were imposed by another French regional administration on Wednesday, joining several others amid continued labor strikes at oil refineries, local authorities announced. The southern department of Pyrenees-Orientales joined other regions, including Vaucluse, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes, and Herault, in capping purchases for small vehicles at 30 liters (about 8 gallons) of fuel per day, while large vehicles will be able to receive a daily 120 liters, the local administration said on Twitter. Certain priority vehicles, such as fire trucks, police cars, ambulances, school buses, and farmers' and cold food chain vehicles, will receive special fuel quotas under the measures, expected to end on Friday. Authorities have promised to end an ongoing fuel shortage in the country, despite a call by the country's largest labor union to resist a government decision to force striking oil refinery workers back on the job. France's Ministry of Ecological Transition announced on Wednesday that it would force strikers at a refinery in the northern region of Normandy to work. Workers at the ExxonMobil refinery in Gravenchon-Port-Jerome, among others, have been striking for better pay and working conditions. (Footage by Mustafa Yalçın/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)