A strike by rail inspectors in France is causing severe disruption to train services today and is expected to last through the weekend amid the winter holidays, although train services to ski resorts will be maintained.
The traffic of trains in France “severely disrupted” from Thursday 20:00 (7:00 PM GMT) until Monday 8:00 AM. (7:00 a.m. GMT), the rail operator warned.
Many cancellations in Paris and Bordeaux
Services have been halved on high-speed lines and ‘disrupted’ for European routes such as Eurostar.
Some lines are more affected, such as Paris-Bordeaux, where more than 60% of services are cancelled, according to radio station France Bleu. Customers, notified Wednesday by text and email, are being encouraged to postpone travel.
Railway strike causes serious problems
This strike, initiated by an informal collective of auditors, reintroduced the debate regarding the right to strike at certain times of the year.
Already, according to iefimerida, the French right in the Senate is preparing a text, which will prohibit the declaration of a strike near public holidays and the “first two and last two days” of the school holidays.
Prime Minister Gabriel Atal, for his part, deplored “a form of habit, whenever there is a holiday, to call a strike” by the railways. “The French know that striking is a right,” but “also that work is a duty,” he said Wednesday.
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