As noted, Ryanair crews are on strike on December 30 and 31, as well as on January 1, 7 and 8, due to the company's refusal to guarantee minimum wages to employees.

According to reports, 140 out of 355 flights from Charleroi airport were canceled in the first weekend of the strike.

On December 26, French doctors in private practice went on strike to demand a doubling of their pay for patients.