French Republican Security Corps (CRS - Compagnies Republicaines de Securite) police officers (R) stand guard next to protesters (L) during a demonstration of Totalenergies striking employees outside the Gronfreville-l Orcher refinery, northern France, on March 24, 2023. AFP

TotalEnergie workers and union members block the entrance of the Donges refinery after three of them who were on strike received a requisition notice, during an ongoing strike a week after the French government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote, using the article 49.3 of the constitution, in Donges, western France, on March 24, 2023. AFP

TotalEnergie workers and union members block the entrance of the Donges refinery after three of them who were on strike received a requisition notice, during an ongoing strike a week after the French government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote, using the article 49.3 of the constitution, in Donges, western France, on March 24, 2023. AFP

Striking employees gather around a fire outside Gronfreville-l Orcher refinery on March 24, 2023, during a demonstration a week after the government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote, using the article 49.3 of the constitution. AFP

A protester gestures and speaks in a megaphone with a Revolution Permanente sticker during a demonstration of Totalenergies striking employees outside the Gronfreville-l Orcher refinery, northern France, on March 24, 2023. AFP

French Republican Security Corps (CRS - Compagnies Republicaines de Securite) police officers stand guard during a demonstration of Totalenergies striking employees outside the Gronfreville-l Orcher refinery, northern France, with the company logo on a building in the background, on March 24, 2023. AFP

Police in riot gear walk past a barricade asthey work to secure the access to the Frontignan oil depot, blocked by protesters, a week after the government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote, using the article 49.3 of the constitution, in Frontignan, southern France, on March 24, 2023. AFP

French Republican Security Corps (CRS - Compagnies Republicaines de Securite) police officers stand near a fire of burning tires outside the refinery during a demonstration, a week after the government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote, using the article 49.3 of the constitution, in Fos-sur-Mer, southeastern France, on March 24, 2023. AFP