Airports, trains, subways… These strikes could ruin your summer vacation in Europe

While mobilizations in the Paris metro and airports cannot be ruled out, holiday departures to some neighboring countries are likely to be interrupted in the coming weeks.

In France

While there is no threat of strike action at SNCF, other modes of transport are at risk of being disrupted in the coming days with the start of the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games (JOP)The unions of the Aéroports de Paris (ADP) group brandish Strike threat in early July in order to get more resources to deal with the changes in air traffic and the organization of JOPs. They say they expect a response from management by July 5.

In Paris, one of the RATP unions, Solidaires-RATP, threatens to strike in case of RN victory in the legislative elections of July 7. He “does not refrain from any action following the results of the second round, demonstrations, perhaps strikes“. Enough to disrupt travel on the metro, buses, trams and RER. Elsewhere in the regions, strikes have affected several public transport networks, particularly in Lilac.

In Italy

Unions of different airports Italians call a strike Friday 5th July. Delays and cancellations are expected throughout the day at the airports of Crotone, Lamezia Terme and Reggio Calabria. In others, mobilization should be limited between 1pm and 5pm: this will be the case Bologna, Rome Fiumicino, Milan Linate, Milan Malpensa and Venice Marco Polo. On the railway front, the unions Trenitalia and the Trenord company (region of Lombardy) have planned to stop working from 9:00 pm on Saturday 6th July to 9:00 pm on Sunday 7th July.

The UK

To the airport London Gatwick, served mainly by British Airways and easyJet, will see around 300 security and passenger staff furloughed from 12 to 14 Then from 18th to 21st Julyrelationships Euronews . While the mobilization may have a limited impact on flights, it risks disrupting the provision of flights. luggage and travel assistance services.

In ScotlandA strike at Aberdeen and Glasgow airports is “inevitable”, according to their unions, which on Tuesday 2 July largely voted in favour of mobilising from mid-July, the British press.

Note that in the trains In the United Kingdom, which has been hit by repeated strikes in recent months, no social movement is expected, according to National Rail.

In Ireland

Travelling with Aer Lingus? Check if your flight is not one of the 400 cancelled until July 7th included (see the flights involved). Pilots at Ireland’s national airline are continuing their indefinite strike which began on 26 June.

Their mobilization consists of not working overtime or carrying out other missions outside of their scheduled working hours. Whether or not to continue the mobilization should be decided after the meeting on July 3.

In the Netherlands

Better to avoid visiting cities Dutch From From 10th to 12th SeptemberThe Dutch trade union confederation (FNV) has just voted in favour of a three-day public transport strike, it says. NL Times . Disruptions are expected to national and regional trains on the NS network as well as to urban transport inAmsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague.

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