What is happening in Paris? … Every one now is concentrating more on the incidents there, when the news became related to the Euro cup, and Parisians, along with sports fans started circulating the “catastrophe”. Paris stinks! Social media users were tweeting and posting photos on Facebook.
Here are some of the tweets revealing the people’s anger regarding the bad odours that have been in the streets of Paris for a while now:
#Paris #France Striking garbage collectors leave Paris streets in a stink
— David (@follownewsnow1) June 11, 2016
View out my kitchen window -charmed expat life in Paris- I support the garbage collectors on strike @treehugger1605 pic.twitter.com/zTor4gQwst
— La belle Hamilton (@dovesandletters) June 11, 2016
When strikes prevent garbage pickup in Paris. robharrispix’s photo https://t.co/pXLsGaksax
— Michael A. Giarrusso (@MichaelG1) June 11, 2016
#Paris piling street garbage is becoming a problem. #grevedeseboueurs pic.twitter.com/Awsd9Fqayc
— Bate Felix Tabi Tabe (@BateFelix) June 10, 2016
But what is the issue all about? And how will it be solved??? By the large private rubbish collection trucks sent to collect the rubbish from streets, just not to disrupt the Europe’s soccer championship??!
Ongoing Protests
France is now facing an industrial dispute and pickets have hit public transport and rubbish collection and snarled up strategic roads.
Since several weeks ago, there have been protests over a labor reform bill, compounded by sectoral disputes over issues such as reorganization of work and rest time at the state-owned SNCF railways.
The government message appeared to fall on deaf ears. The hardline CGT union said it would extend a rubbish collection strike in the capital until June 14, and Air France pilots confirmed a four-day walkout over pay, REUTERS reported.
In a sign that the standoff may be edging towards a compromise, however, CGT leader Philippe Martinez confirmed he had been invited for talks with Labour Minister Myriam El Khomri – but not for another week.
“It’s what we’ve been demanding for months,” Martinez told Reuters. He added: “It’s far better to talk than to ignore France’s main trade union.”
Government officials did not immediately return calls and messages seeking confirmation of the June 17 meeting.
Disrupting Trains to Romania’s match
While rail services improved as a nine-day strike over work and rest time ran out of steam, activists for the far-left SUD union threatened to disrupt trains carrying fans to France’s opening match against Romania on Friday.
“Air France” said it would have to cancel up to 30 percent of flights during the four-day walkout by pilots but said it hoped to minimize disruption to travel to cities hosting the Euro championship.
“Of course, we’ll look after the Euro tournament,” airline chief Frederic Gagey told a news conference, adding the dispute would cost the airline 5 million euros ($5.66 million) a day.
Finance Minister Michel Sapin said the confrontation risked undermining a nascent pickup in economic growth after official data suggesting job creation was rising and an unemployment rate of 10 percent starting to drop, a year from elections.
French President Francois Hollande said that “France was chosen to host this big event and will live up to the scale of the task,” adding that a smooth running of the world’s third biggest sporting event would also showcase a country bidding to host the 2024 Olympics. “If measures have to be taken tomorrow, they will be taken.”
Sports minister Thierry Braillard was so angry of what’s happening, and said that “Some people just don’t give a damn that their country is about to host a big event which creates jobs and huge economic benefits.”
Solution?
So what is the solution amid all this chaos?… Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Friday that “All the rubbish will be cleared up, starting now,” adding that about 50 trucks had been dispatched overnight and 30 more on Friday morning to rid the city of waste left piled up by striking workers,” adding that “It will take a few days obviously.”
While bad odours were filling Paris, more than 90,000 people were dancing in an incident-free concert, celebrating the start of the Euro Tournament. Now… can we say “Vive le France”, for just holding that famous sports event, or should the workers be given their rights and the rubbish be removed from the streets?
