Europe at standstill as austerity strikes hit
Workers walked off the job to show their ire at budget-slashing measures by their governments to tackle debt and high deficits, while officials scrambled to mitigate delays and cancellations.
Eurostar and Thalys idled part of their service through Brussels as transport workers walked off the job. In France, a strike by airport security personnel stretched into its seventh day, and in London, Arsenal FC postponed its December 26 game against Wolverhampton Wanderers by 24 hours because of a planned public transport strike on Stephen’s Day.
