PARIS – Trains around France are grinding to a stop as unions stage a mass strike to challenge President Emmanuel Macron’s strategy for making his country more economically competitive.
巴黎——法国各地的火车又要停止，法国国铁员工此次大规模罢工，旨在抗议政府的国铁改革计划。
Passengers are sharing cars or canceling trips after national railway SNCF said the strike will halt 85 percent of France’s high-speed trains and 75 percent of regional trains.
国家铁路公司表示，罢工将使得85％的法国高速列车和75％的区域列车停止运行。
The walkout — which started Monday evening and is to last through Wednesday morning — is also reducing train traffic on the Eurostar to Britain and trains to Germany.
罢工于周一晚上开始，并将持续到周三早上，这也减少了通往英国的欧洲之星和通往德国的火车。
French unions plan strikes two days every week through June to protest government plans to eliminate some rail worker benefits — part of broader European plans to open national railways to competition.
法国工会计划每个星期都会有两天的罢工直到6月份，以抗议政府计划消除一些铁路工人的福利—这是欧洲更开放国家铁路竞争计划的一部分。
A quarter of Air France flights will be grounded Tuesday by a separate strike over pay.
因为要求加薪未果，周二将有四分之一的法航航班停飞。
