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Strikes ground planes in Paris

Travellers in France face a wave of flight cancellations as a four-day strike by airport workers in the capital grounds dozens of planes.

Travellers in France face a wave of flight cancellations as a four-day strike by airport workers in the capital grounds dozens of planes. We hear from French journalist Anne-Elizabeth Moutet and the Head of Aviation at the European Transport Workers' Federation Eoin Coates.

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(Picture: Roissy Airport strike in France. Picture credit: European Pressphoto Agency)

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