All 12 of France's oil refineries have reopened after being shut down for two weeks or more following a series of massive union-led actions protesting the government's planned pension overhaul.
Strikes ended Friday at all six of Total's refineries, according to a spokesman for that company. It should take about a week for those facilities to start producing fuel again.
Yves le Goff, a spokesman for the French Union of Petroleum Industries, said industry leaders planned to meet Friday afternoon to discuss the situation.
The refineries and the nation's 219 petroleum depots were targets this month when hundreds of thousands of people hit the streets to rail against a plan to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. Unions call the move unfair, though France's government say it is critical to keep public finances in order.
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