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Post by me on Oct 17, 2007 12:48:03 GMT -5
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Post by madamtrashheap on Oct 17, 2007 20:34:01 GMT -5
Aaah, bless the spirit of 1789! Sarkozy seems to be dredging up part of a topic that was hot about 4 years ago (despite being supposedly abandoned in the mid-1990s) - the same topic that caused 200,000 people to descend on Paris for a protest rally that I found myself squished into in Montparnasse Metro...talk about immersing yourself in a culture!
Good luck to all travelling around that region in the next few days!
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Post by herrbert on Oct 18, 2007 2:35:07 GMT -5
Or like we say: "There is always someone on strike in France".
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Post by me on Oct 18, 2007 17:12:34 GMT -5
US media is unbelievable!   almost all the news from France is about Sarko's marital problems! one must dig to find info about the strike. |
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Post by me on Nov 14, 2007 15:46:27 GMT -5
there are reports in the news today<NYT: Strike in France a Test of Wills> of tourists stranded in France, unable to get travel. most subways and buses are also out of service. traffic is at a standstill and those bikes which were made available - Velib is the name, i think - are all in use by commuters.
it's a mess.
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Post by herrbert on Nov 16, 2007 5:49:37 GMT -5
Not only France was striking, in Germany they are also (still) on strike every now and again.
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Post by me on Nov 22, 2007 16:22:26 GMT -5
NY Times sez "End to French Transit Strike Seems Near." maybe things will clear up soon.
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Post by me on Nov 25, 2007 13:35:23 GMT -5
has the fat lady sung? news reports say it's pretty much over. what has this strike done to Paris' economy? last year Paris, at number 26, had the highest GDP (PPP) per capita of any city in the world, outside the US. [per www.demographia.com/db-gdp-metro.pdf ] - d EDIT: there's something fishy about that web site above. it lists New Orleans, hurricane ravaged New Orleans, as tied with Calgary at 46! just behind 44, also tied, London and Dublin. |
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