France is going to be shut down 22nd June

lemongrove On YouTube, Mumsnet, Gransnet etc etc. Youtube is just the dotty diva who made the portentious video, GN reaction, from the start was that it was tosh. Haven't looked at Mumsnet, were they more gullible?

In fact I think the whole world has just ignored it. One somewhat eccentric woman and her reliable contact. No journalist has picked it up and investigated, nothing.

As for travelling I am coming home from France on 22nd June, Caen - Portsmouth. I am not expecting problems.

Jura the only strike showing on the cestlagreve site is on the ferry to Corsica so I think you can risk Geneva airport unless you were planning a detour. ?

silverlining48
It sounds marvellous, so good that I wonder why anyone would risk their lives under a lorry or in a dinghy to get to the UK.
Any ideas?

I've realised why there might be a strike on 22nd. June 21 is Music Night when noise restrictions are lifted. France will be en fete and everyone will be too tired to work the next day, having been up for a large part of the night.

Taking niece back to Geneva airport on 22nd- so will go over the mountain instead of via France- a bit longer but perhaps better this time. I go to France about 3 times a week

Witzend so you won't be far from us then ... enjoy.

So.......France isn’t ‘closing down’ on the 22nd, more doom laden tosh as it turns out.The perils of believing all you read
On YouTube, Mumsnet, Gransnet etc etc.?

We're going to the Burgundy area on the 21st. We go around the same time most years to a relative's large place with lots of guests from all over, inc. the US. There's so often either a rail strike or an air traffic control ditto around that time, which frequently affect other guests, but not us (so far!) since we drive via the tunnel.

One year a guest who'd arrived from America and was getting the train to Dijon, did actually find one running despite a strike, but because of no staff, was unable to buy a ticket. But he boarded the train anyway, and tried several times to pay one of the staff on board - nobody would take his money! So that was 50 odd euros saved - it's an ill wind, and all that...

Still nothing beyond the original Mumsnet posts and the Youtube link saying anything about this Armageddon day for France - and that is with less than a week to go.

ElenVannin To my knowledge there's never been protests in Hong Kong....... before sovereignty was handed to China.

Perhaps not to your knowledge, but Hong Kong has a good a history of riots as any other country.
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/13/mass-street-protests-are-an-expression-of-hong-kongs-identity

And I have vague memories of civil unrest in Hong Kong in the 1950s when I lived there as a child

ellanvannin her’s some history for you.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_1967_leftist_riots

Mamie

The amount of cotisations that you pay depends upon the regime under which you are registered. Sarkozy brought in the auto-entrepreneurs scheme for those who wanted to work occasionally, such as gardeners, cleaners, handymen etc or the semi retired. Under this scheme you are not allowed any deductions for expenses and pay cotisations on your turnover. I'm a registered ae and I pay around 27% of my turnover each quarter. You were probably registered under a different scheme where you pay cotisations on your profit albeit at a higher rate.

I think protests in one form or another have been universal. You can’t claim anywhere immune I’m afraid.

To my knowledge there's never been protests in Hong Kong, janeainsworth.
It didn't happen there before sovereignty was handed to China.
Just sayin'.

It's this present troublesome generation that the majority of countries now see with their violent protests. Look at Hong Kong

What about Hongkong, ellanvannin?
People from all walks of life there are protesting about changes to the arrangements regarding extradition to China.
What has that got to do with what may or may not be going on in France?

If it is “fake news” are we not perpetuating it by maintaining this thread?

France closes down in the summer doesn’t it? Love it though.

I googled "greve 22 juin" and found only one entry. Apparently, though, there was a strike on 22 June 2018 as well!

There is an app too MOnica. We may be a bit behind the times here but at least we have an app to tell us when and where the strikes are. ???

Excellent site Mamie

Keep an eye on this website. Nothing there for 22nd June.
www.cestlagreve.fr/
(Une grève is a strike).

Great...i go to France that day

‘BSE’

The french are always protesting in the summer!
Bar milk petrol. Had many a happy extra week holiday in France due to political protests in the past!
Vive la difference!!!!

As I said Mamie this was what I understood, that I was unsure is why I worded it that way. You know more about it than I do.

We have had our house 30 years, but it is a holiday home and we have our long standing tradesmen, but our masons are older and rather old fashioned, we can now text him, but not yet email him.

MOnica I don't recognise that description of cotisations. We used to pay a standard minimum amount which was for health cover, sickness and pensions, but above that it was definitely adjusted from business revenues. I know that Macron has reformed the system and people say it is better now though by no means perfect. It is hard to get people with small businesses to do things but that is mostly because they are so busy. It also depends on who you know. In our commune we ask Dédé and he always knows someone who can. ?