Travellers face long delays in France today when transport workers stage a one-day stoppage after striking fishermen blocked Channel ports and disrupted petrol supplies for a day. Railway, Paris Métro and air controllers' unions are joining a 24-hour protest by civil service and private sector unions against a move by the Government to raise the retirement age by a year. Domestic rail services will be partially disrupted but Eurostar cross-Channel trains are expected to run on time. Only minor delays are expected to flights at Paris airports. In a separate action, Channel ferries came to a near-standstill yesterday after about a hundred fishing craft joined a national port blockade, obstructing terminals in Calais, Boulogne and Dunkirk harbours. The fishermen later halted their action after President Sarkozy offered ¤
Travellers face long delays in France today when transport workers stage a one-day stoppage after striking fishermen blocked Channel ports and disrupted petrol supplies for a day.
Railway, Paris Métro and air controllers' unions are joining a 24-hour protest by civil service and private sector unions against a move by the Government to raise the retirement age by a year. Domestic rail services will be partially disrupted but Eurostar cross-Channel trains are expected to run on time. Only minor delays are expected to flights at Paris airports.
In a separate action, Channel ferries came to a near-standstill yesterday after about a hundred fishing craft joined a national port blockade, obstructing terminals in Calais, Boulogne and Dunkirk harbours. The fishermen later halted their action after President Sarkozy offered ¤
