Commuter chaos in France

November 14, 2007

French transport and energy workers are protesting over pensions in the biggest test yet of President Nicolas Sarkozy's reform drive. With disruptions to train services, the streets of Paris were heaving with mopeds, bikes, cars and pedestrians, as people sought to get to work without the usually efficient metro and bus system. Meanwhile in neighbouring Germany, train drivers began the lastest of a series of walkouts on freight routes as part of a long-running wage dispute with rail operator Deutsche Bahn.Joanna Partridge reports