27 May 2016

Will the EURO be disrupted?

Although it is not affected the second tennis Grand Slam of the year Roland Garros, next summer's European championship may be in danger. This time not from a possible terror attack but from its own citizens: for quite some time now France is in the news for mass (violent) demonstrations throughout the whole country.
Almost every day there are strikes over labour reforms and the French secretary of state for sport Thierry Braillard is confident that the event will go on as scheduled. 'It (the EURO) is not under threat. The tournament will take place' he told RMC radio.
With that words are not pleased the demonstrators who are seeing justice on the streets. More strikes are planned in early June including a Paris rail union who will stop working on the opening day of the event. CGT (General Confederation of Labour) is planning a massive strike just four days after the EURO and warns that could interfere with the tournament unless the government withdraw its reform proposal. Another CGT representative said that they will 'interrupt the EURO and the government will be blamed for it'.

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