Refuse collectors in France have downed tools as part of the countrywide protests against pension changes, leaving the capital full of rubbish and rodents
Well, we are talking about Parisian rats, but these ones aren’t cute Disney cartoons. They’re real lifeYou wouldn’t expect rats to wear culottes, just little chef’s hats, but continue. Why?
The city’s refuse collectors are on strike, so there’s rubbish everywhere: about 6,000 tonnes of the stuff and rising.travels on tram railsYes, there’s some epic striking going on. Like most of the country, refuse collectors in Paris and other cities have downed tools to protest at Emmanuel Macron’s hugely controversial pension reform, whichBut refuse collectors are very poorly paid and it’s a really tough job.Fair enough.
A rat smörgåsbord of rubbish. The Parisian pest controller Alexandre Woog says he is receiving 10 times as many calls as usual. “People are worried,” he declared onfavourite Emily in Paris scenes with a rat gnawing a discarded pain au chocolat in the background. What kind of monster discards a pain au chocolat? But you’re right – disenchanted tourists have complained to the TV channel BFM about the sights and smells spoiling their romantic breaks.Nothing. Anne Hidalgo, the Socialist mayor of Paris, has declared her “total, complete solidarity” with the strikers and says she can’t requisition workers to deal with the rubbish backlog. Her opponents say she is also “on strike” and needs to act because of the public health risk posed by rats.
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