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Amazons decision to shut down warehouses in France following a court order is piling pressure on President Emmanuel Macrons government to find a way out of a dispute that has disrupted deliveries to millions living under a strict lockdown.<\/p>\n

The e-commerce giant announced Thursday<\/a> that it is taking the rare step of temporarily shutting down its warehouses in France after a court ordered it to stop delivery of nonessential goods until a risk assessment of the companys health and safety measures has been carried out.<\/p>\n

Amazons top executive in France said the firm had no choice but to proceed with the shutdown because of the ambiguity of an order that did not specify which goods qualify as \u201cessential,\u201d and due to the risk of being fined \u20ac1 million per day in the event of a breach.<\/p>\n

\u201cI dont know whether a nail-clipper is essential \u2014 same thing for a condom. The ambiguity forces us not to take any risks,\u201d Frederic Duval, Amazons chief in France, said Thursday, adding that his company planned to appeal.<\/p>\n

Trade unions rejected that argument. In conversations with POLITICO, representatives said the move was designed to make an example out of France at a time when Amazon faces union opposition at warehouses from Spain to Staten Island, New York.<\/p>\n

St\u00e9phane Enjalran, a spokesperson for the Solidaires group of unions, added that Amazon had balked when workers tried to exercise a so-called \u201cright of withdrawal\u201d \u2014 an instrument in French labor law that allows workers to withdraw from work situations in case of a serious threat to health and safety. \u201cAmazon has too much to lose in terms of public image to further the fight against the workers,\u201d he said.\u201cAmazon is not used to negotiating with the unions. They refuse to do that in almost every place they operate except where theyre legally required. The idea that theyd be accountable to a third party that would say actually, you havent done enough \u2014 its just shocking to them,\u201d said Christy Hoffman, general secretary of the UNI global union.<\/p>\n

But while unions may be crying victory, the situation poses a serious challenge to Macron, who campaigned on making France a \u201cstartup nation\u201d and personally cut the ribbon<\/a> at the opening of Amazons fifth warehouse in France in 2017.<\/p>\n

While his government has repeatedly singled out Amazon for criticism over labor conditions and taxes, ministers may be wary of irking a company that employs some 10,000 people at a time when unemployment is ballooning amid one of Europes strictest coronavirus lockdowns. Amazon has said it would continue deliveries to France \u2014 but send orders via warehouses in Italy with significant delays.<\/p>\n

An appeals court will ultimately decide whether Amazon can deliver nonessential goods in France. But the underlying dispute is a matter for the labor ministry, whose inspectors combed through Amazons sites, and the government is commonly involved in high-profile labor disputes.<\/p>\n

Silent treatment<\/h3>\n

So far, however, ministers have been reluctant to speak up. Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, who in late March accused Amazon of putting \u201cunacceptable\u201d pressure on workers, skirted the issue when he was interviewed on TV late Thursday.<\/p>\n

On a separate TV panel, Labor Minister Muriel P\u00e9nicaud declined to discuss the court order directly, instead underscoring that Amazon sites had undergone numerous labor inspections and calling on \u201cother employers\u201d to \u201cimmediately put in place\u201d emergency sanitation measures. Amazon has detailed a number of measures aimed at protecting workers from the coronavirus, including temperature checks and protective equipment.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Amazons shutdown in France is prompting outrage on both sides of the political spectrum.<\/p>\n

While the left-leaning Lib\u00e9ration<\/a> newspaper featured a photograph of a grinning Jeff Bezos, Amazons CEO, on its front page next to a caption that accused the firm of \u201cnot caring much for workers health,\u201d a commentator in the business daily Les Echos wrote that the French justice system is \u201cweakening the e-commerce giant\u201d by ordering it to stop delivering non-essential goods.<\/p>\n

Writer Bernard Henri-Levy also weighed in, <\/p>\n

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