Rubbish was not collected because waste collectors have blockaded six of the seven incinerators in the city. Disease and rodents are now likely to spread across the city worrying Parisians. The workers are protesting in response to Emmanuel Macron’s reform to the pension scheme.
Mr Macron’s government has now made an appeal to the national government appealing for assistance in cleaning the capital’s streets.
The workers are striking against Mr Macron’s reform of the pension scheme.
Unless the incinerators can be accessed more and more rubbish is expected to litter Paris’ streets.
There has been a build-up of rubbish all over Paris including outside key tourist sites like the Champs-Elysées.
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Local residents are concerned the unpleasant scene will bring diseases and rodents into the city.
One resident said: “It’s strike after strike after strike.
“What’s worrying is seeing the little rats run into the street.”
Another said: “It is frankly disgusting.
April said: “I think it is a deterrent as a tourist to have to witness it.”
Andie said: “The problem you’ve got is safety to pedestrians and the vermin, and the smell!”
Nationwide protests have taken place for more than three months putting Macron’s leadership under intense scrutiny.
The strikes are spearheaded by disenfranchised public-sector workers who disagree with pension reforms proposed by the government.