For Christmas, I am flying home on Air France with a layover in Paris. As a result, I'm watching the French strikes carefully. I was particularly worried about the following headline: "France asks airlines to cut flights ahead of strikes." Do I need to buy travel insurance to come home? If my flight gets cancelled, what are my rights? As it turns out, the EU requires that flights cancelled due to strikes have to either be rebooked or fully refunded- customer's choice.
I must admit, I have issues with the French method of striking- it's impossible to NOT be affected as an innocent bystander, even if you entirely disagree with the strike to begin with. After my semester in France, I was often asked if I would ever live there. The frequency of strikes and protests that disrupted the entire city (and with which I happened to never agree) was not a small reason why my answer was always a quick "No."
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