Craftmen take part to a blockage on the ring road of Nantes in Bouguenais, western France, on April 7, 2026, to protest against rising fuel prices. '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)