The strikes that have been taking place in France since the beginning of this year, against the backdrop of the new retirement law, have hit the tourism sector,
Yesterday (Tuesday), the tourist symbols of Paris were closed; Versailles Palace and the Eiffel Tower, in front of the tourists. Large-scale demonstrations continued in several French cities, and unions organized strikes involving all labor and educational sectors.
And the security authorities in Paris expressed their fears of violent clashes in the aftermath of the demonstrations, which prompted them to mobilize 5,500 security men to deal with the demonstrations in the capital alone, and 13,000 security men across the country.
While trade unions called on French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday to "stop" his plans to raise the retirement age, with the outbreak of a new wave of protests and strikes, which turned into a broader wave of anti-Macron.
The trade unions called for an eighth day of strikes and protests across the country, and it is expected that between 650,000 and 900,000 people will participate in the protests. And the authorities in Paris said that garbage workers began removing about 10,000 tons of rubbish from the streets, after accumulating during their 3-week strike.
In Britain, the British airline "British Airways" announced that it will cancel hundreds of flights before the start of a strike by security staff at London's Heathrow Airport, starting on Friday, for a period of 10 days, to demand an improvement in their salaries.
It said in a statement that the cancellation of these flights "follows a request by the Heathrow authorities to reduce the number of passengers during the strike period," adding that the passengers concerned can modify their flights or claim a refund.
32 flights between departure and arrival at the London airport will be canceled daily; That's 5% of the flights the company makes at Heathrow to coincide with the Easter weekend. The procedure will not affect long-haul flights. The strike includes more than 1,400 security personnel employed at Heathrow who receive very low salaries.
Months ago, Britain witnessed repeated strikes in many sectors, to demand an improvement in salaries in the face of a rise in prices that exceeded 10%, at a time when inflation rose again in February, reaching 10.4%.
Okaz (Berlin, Paris, London) @OKAZ_ONLINE