The Eiffel Tower is closed amid strikes at the country level in France

The Eiffel Tower was closed on Thursday due to a strike in the country in France by the main unions in the country.

The demonstrators moved to the streets of more than 200 cities and cities throughout France to condemn the discounts in spending and demand higher taxes on the rich – the latest series of protests that started last month amid political turmoil and hot budget conversations.

In Paris, thousands of workers, retirees and students began walking on Thursday afternoon from D’ATALIE. I told the Eiffel Tower of the visitors that it was Closed I apologize.

Syndicates Sébastien Lecornu urge to give up the budget budget measures of what his predecessor proposed, which includes freezing social welfare and austerity measures that many say will lead to the erosion of the purchasing power of low -wage workers and the middle class. It also calls for high taxes on the wealthy.

Lecornu, who was appointed last month, did not disclose the details of his budget plans and his government’s ministers, which is expected in the coming days, have not yet revealed. Divide the Parliament is to discuss the budget bill by the end of the year.

“This is true, it is the first time that there are three days of strikes and protests in one month without a government or a budget. It shows the level of social anger,” said Sophie Bennett, president of the CGT Federation, on Thursday.

Speaking to BFM TV News BrowCaster, she was asked about the timing of the last procedure: “Why are we protesting now? Because we feel that decisions are now taking, and we want to hear.”

Al -Ittihad said that nearly 600,000 people participated in strikes and protests at the country level, France mentioned 24. Paris Police Governorate said that about 24,000 people participated in the demonstration in Paris.

SNCF, the National Railways Company, said that high -speed train services were operating normally on Thursday, while some regional lines were affected by partial turmoil. In Paris, the metro movement was close to nature, but many travel trains were working with a low capacity.

Some teachers and health care workers joined the strike, which follows the protests last month. On September 18, more than 500,000 demonstrators walked in the small cities of France and large cities, including Paris, according to police and Ministry of Interior. The unions have reported more than a million blows and demonstrators worldwide. In the previous week, a day of the anti -government work throughout France witnessed the selected smoke of streets, the barricades in fire and tiles of tear gas amid the “Block everything” campaign.