Europe 1 with AFP 3:24 p.m., January 29, 2023

This Sunday, the Minister of Transport Clément Beaune indicated that a "difficult or even very difficult day" is coming for the second day of mobilization scheduled for January 31.

In addition, the CGT has not ruled out actions on rail transport during school holidays, which begin on the weekend of February 4.

A "difficult or even very difficult day" is announced Tuesday in public transport because of the massive mobilizations planned against the government plan to reform pensions, said this Sunday the Minister of Transport Clément Beaune on

RTL

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While the SNCF and RATP traffic forecasts are to be announced at the end of the day, the minister has already warned: “it will be a difficult or even very difficult day in public transport”.

"So all those who can organize themselves to telecommute, to postpone a trip, it's better" because "there will be strong disruptions", commented the minister, interviewed on the radio program

Le Grand .

Jury

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"I will do everything, with the SNCF, the RATP, the major public transport operators (...) so that we limit the impact on the daily life and the movements of the French as much as possible, it will not be great , but we will try to do the best," he added.

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Activities during school holidays

In addition to Tuesday, the CGT did not rule out actions on rail transport during the school holidays, which begin on the weekend of February 4 for zone A. "We have the right to strike" but "to spoil the weekends departure or return from vacation (...) it is not serious", estimated Clément Beaune.

Asked also about the fire of electric cables in a signal box in Seine-et-Marne which caused the shutdown of the Gare de l'Est all day Tuesday and hampered traffic Wednesday, the minister evoked like the SNCF, a "sabotage", and "a very serious voluntary incident".

"It's probably people who know how it works," he said, without further details.

As part of the investigation opened by the Meaux prosecutor's office (Seine-et-Marne), "everything is mobilized to find traces of fingerprints, and others", knowing that "there was no video- protection", at the location of the disaster, he also added.