Public works craftmen take part to a slow down operation on the ring road of Nantes past a placards reading " Local artisans deserve better" during a protest against oil increase and. to ask more help to the government. Bouguenais, near Nantes, , western France, on April 7, 2026. 'Civil engineering and landscaping firms, together with their trade union, the CNATP, which I represent, have decided to take action in response to price rises for GNR (non-road diesel) and diesel for other vehicles,' Andrea Lemasson, general secretary of the CNATP in Loire-Atlantique, told AFP. The surge in fuel prices has been caused in particular by the virtual blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by Sebastien Salom-Gomis / AFP via Getty Images)