Spanish drivers and shoppers are stockpiling fuel and food after truck drivers blocked deliveries across the country, as an indefinite protest against the high price of fuel entered a second day. One of the worst affected areas was Barcelona, where 40 per cent of petrol stations have run out of fuel supplies.
Fresh food has also began to run low in some markets, according to reports by the Spanish media. Police motorbike riders escorted fuel tankers to some petrol stations to help break picket lines and prevent attacks, after several strikers slashed lorry tyres on Monday. The indefinite strikes over the impact of high oil prices, now at record highs of over $139 per barrel, have also been backed by protests across the border in Portugal and France. More
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