A French workers’ strike has entered its fifth day and is likely to continue next week. The protests have already brought some of the worst disruptions to the rail network at the beginning of the tourist season.
The famous high-speed TGV has reduced the number of trains operating between cities to one in three trains. Those arriving at Paris’ international airports also have trouble getting into the city.
Thierry Lepaon, the leader of the CGT Union (General Confederation of Labor), the first of the five major France’s confederations of trade unions, called on President Francois Hollande to find a way out of the situation by the end of the weekend.
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