Strike fever spreading in France

As happens from time to time in France, militancy is in the air again.

Passengers crowd the platform at the Gare de L’Est Metro station in Paris
Only one Metro line was running in the French capital

The resolve of the railway workers – on strike for almost a week now – seems to have encouraged others to stick up for their rights too.

Lessons at a lycee in Lille were suspended after students blocked access to the secondary school in protest at university reforms.