Paris (AFP)

The RATP announced Thursday to provide a "heavily disrupted traffic on its entire network from December 5", date of commencement of the call for an indefinite strike launched by the three representative unions of the Régie de transport Ile.

The company will be "able to communicate traffic forecasts as early as Tuesday, December 3 afternoon, 48 hours before the start of the social movement," she said in a statement.

In order to inform users, it relies on sending SMS and e-mails, broadcasting messages in stations and stations, on radio spots, as well as distributing flyers.

The Régie also plans to set up from 5 December partnerships to offer "complementary mobility services" - such as carpooling (Klaxit, Blablalines), cars with driver (Kapten, Marcel, etc.), cars, bicycles, self-service electric scooters and scooters - and "off-mobility" services, such as coworking or a bike route search service.

After the electroshock strike very followed on September 13, which had put Paris almost stopped and disrupted the traffic as never since 2007, the three representative unions (Unsa, CGT and CFE-CGC) of the RATP call for a unlimited strike against pension reform.

SNCF unions have also called for an extendable strike from 5 December. They were joined by the inter-union CGT, FO, FSU and Solidaires for an interprofessional strike, then by organizations of Air France, EDF, and lawyers.

TGV tickets inYou, Ouigo and Intercités are closed for sale from December 5 to 8 to encourage customers who already have a ticket and whose trains could be canceled because of the strike, said Wednesday the SNCF.

From 3 December, the SNCF will make every day at 17H00 a precise point on the disturbances of the two days to come for TGV trains in Yui, Ouigo and Intercités so that customers can organize themselves.

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