Strikes, cancellations, queues, travel chaos – The EU shows the UK how it’s done

Trade union militancy and staff shortages increase in the EU, causing misery for the public

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Right across the EU, passengers are experiencing nightmares

Watching the BBC or Sky News, readers could be forgiven for thinking that the current rail strikes and airport queues in the United Kingdom are a peculiarly British phenomenon – and one at least partially caused by Brexit.

Ah non. Pity the poor, underpaid, hardworking EU Commission officials as they attempt to flee Brussels for their long summer vacations. And it’s a similar story in many EU countries.

Brussels airport on Monday - fermé

On Monday (20 June 2022) Brussels – home to most of the EU’s various institutions – was paralysed by a national strike. The ACV, ACLVB and ABVV trade unions took to the streets of the capital to protest about the cost of living crisis.

Commenting on the strike by its security screening staff at the airport, the company said: “Current estimates indicate that passengers will have to wait up to eight hours at the security screening.” In fact all flights from Brussels airport were cancelled and the transport system was badly affected.

To pour salt on the wounds of those EU Commission bureaucrats exhausted by their constant battle to punish Brexit Britain and hoping to go off on a ‘fact-finding mission’ to some exotic destination, Brussels airport is today impacted by yet more strikes.

Today also sees the start of a three-day strike by cabin crew, affecting tens of thousands of passengers. Further strikes are planned by pilots unions and others.

It isn’t only Belgium – Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain – everywhere you look in the EU

Holland’s largest airport (Schipol) – an international hub - has curtailed flights, as has Germany’s largest airport (Frankfurt). This is all due to a shortage of qualified staff, after so many were laid off as a consequence of all the severe Covid measures that were imposed in the last two years.

In Italy there was a transport walkout last Friday. Yesterday a breakdown in negotiations in Warsaw with air traffic controllers looks set to disrupt flights through Eastern Europe and beyond.

Observations

Strangely, no-one in Europe has thus far suggested that the travel chaos across the EU has been caused by Brexit.

Queues and cancellations because of a lack of qualified staff? This is down to Covid lay-offs. Strikes over the cost of living crisis? This is down to governments printing money to pay people to sit at home, thereby fuelling inflation, as well as the worldwide hike in energy costs.

Any problems in the EU rarely make headlines in the UK’s broadcast media – except perhaps for GB News.

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Reader Comments 7

1. Not4EU, London , Thursday, June 23, 2022, 11:57:

How dare you, you wicked people. The British media are successfully not showing any events counter to the 'Brexit is bad' & the cause of everything bad narrative & then you go and let the cat out of the bag, at least on the strike element.
Anyone might think that Bliar's latest (renamed) cultural revolution and money laundering enterprise 'Reset: The British Project' might be exerting considerable influence on the msm (as well as Govt and Parliament) as many of the msm 'contributors' , still trying to overturn a democratic decision, seem to be part of this 'movement'. Shouldn't MPs at least declare their participation in this anti-democracy 'movement'?
Until we rid ourselves of the EU placelings in our Civil Service, legislative chambers and institutions, it is no wonder that the EU continues to play the bully boy whilst they have people in place to frustrate the decision of the people from inside. They will only deal sensibly once the traitors to this country are eradicated.
Is it true that the much vaunted NI Protocol Bill actually didn't have its first reading? It's not in Hansard. Just wtf is our Govt up to? They were given a huge majority of 80 seats to 'properly' leave the EU. More than enough, yet what do we see & hear? It's been EIGHT YEARS today. Where are the MPs who should be vocalising our concerns? It becomes ever more evident that our Govt does not run this country, so WHO IS?

2. Not4EU, London , Thursday, June 23, 2022, 12:07:

Oops, meant SIX years. Just seems like forever...

3. Adam , Thursday, June 23, 2022, 12:29:

The only losers that are still whining about brexit are the Remoaners yes the Johnson Government is absurdly inept but Starmer's so-called Labour party would probably drag Britain back in the EU, and let the unwelcome American Democratic party walk over us

4. Tim B , Thursday, June 23, 2022, 13:07:

Indeed it does look like the NI Protocol Bill has not had its first reading as it was pulled from Monday before last business. If this is true where are the voices of the ERG and the Conservatives that do believe in Brexit?
As to the question who runs the country?
On most Brexit matters, supposedly the government but one who call the EU ‘our friends’, even when the EU threaten and shaft us.
On immigration and deportation matters, solicitors and judges with the backing of the ECHR
And on Northern Ireland, the EU are still pulling the strings.
So it’s been SIX years and we still are dictated to on our fishing grounds, we still cannot control illegal immigration and part of the U.K. is still effectively in the EU.

5. Tim B , Thursday, June 23, 2022, 16:18:

Good news. The NI Protocol did have its first reading and the second is scheduled for the 27 June (this coming Monday). The House of Commons have confirmed that their website was in error giving us all a fright.

6. jon livesey , Thursday, June 23, 2022, 18:06:

5. Tim B. Thanks, that is good news. I want to see this passed and tested in the EU's own Court. I want to see them explain in open Court why they are treating NI differently to other borders and doing inspections they don't do elsewhere.
Then I want to see the Press say "Oh dear, maybe this wasn't quite so dreadful as we've been claiming for the past year."

7. James Bertram , Friday, June 24, 2022, 21:08:

Wake Up! This disruption is not just across the EU, but coordinated across the West. It is intentional - to make all forms of Travel so difficult, so unpleasant, that you stay at home. A continuation of the Globalists/WEF 'Green New Deal' agenda to make life miserable and expensive everywhere, to push us into poverty, to rob us through inflation, to destroy small independent business, to cause famine, sickness and death, to collapse States, currencies and economies, to depopulate the planet - so that the survivors can be corralled into One World Government as broken, passive, digitally-controlled serfs.
These people mean you great harm.

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