France is now enduring gasoline shortages at gas stations across the nation as protests against the government’s plan to increase the retirement age continue and produce strikes at French oil refineries, according to a report in Le Figaro on Friday.

The outlet noted that the industrial actions by protesting refinery workers have increased in recent days, as members of unions in France blocked refineries and depots from delivering fuel, triggering supply disruptions.

The worst affected region of the country was the department of Val-de-Marne in Ile-de-France as almost half (49.4%) of the local gas stations were suffering from a partial of complete fuel supply disruption, according to the latest data.

As of April 6th, 38% of gas stations in the Paris region were undergoing shortages of at least one fuel type. Meanwhile 39% of pumps in Hauts-de-Seine, and 24% of pumps in Indre-et-Loire were also reporting little or no fuel supply.

Le Figaro reported that according to its data, 6.3% of the gas stations throughout the country were presently undergoing fuel supply disruptions.

In late March, protests exploded across France, as the government forced through unpopular legislation to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Over a million people took part in protests, after President Emmanuel Macron used a special parliamentary procedure to pass the measure without an official vote by legislators.

As workers at refineries and fuel depots continue to strike, authorities are growing increasingly concerned over a potential large-scale fuel shortage occurring during the Easter holidays. As part of their efforts to forestall a collapse in the fuel-supply infrastructure, French authorities have requisitioned the employees at the nation’s largest fuel refinery, Gonfreville, which provides fuel to Paris’ main airports, and which supplied the entire Ile-de-France region.