Eurostar affected by French strike?

Bath VIP – the Belgian rail unions are also striking (today Tuesday) and Eurostar is affected. It’s too early to say if the dispute will last until June 22 but it’s worth knowing that the French and Belgian trade unions are now co-ordinating their actions for maximum effect.

According to the website no Eurostar services are affected today.

http://www.eurostar.com/uk-en/travel-info/service-information/eurostar-service-update

Probably difficult to predict what may or may not happen in 3 weeks time though.

The London Brussels service seems to be unaffected so far however Brussels – Lille is cancelled and onward travel from Brussels via the Belgian network is very chaotic.

One of the Belgian union leaders was on lunchtime TV saying their intention was to,
“Drive this government into the past” Sometimes living here is like the UK in the 1970’s before Margaret Thatcher with Union leaders who are happy to ignore the democratic process if it results in governments they do not agree with. At present most of the action is centred in the French speaking region as the Dutch speaking trade unions are still in discussions however this may change. Later today it is expected that major roads will be blocked by farmers and truck drivers.