The minister thus recommends to “all those who have the possibility of teleworking to seize it”, while the disruptions are expected to be very significant in public transport.
“We have seen in previous days that the French are seizing these new tools,” observed the minister to the press, on the sidelines of a trip to Limoges.
Mr. Beaune did not want to comment on the following days.
"We have seen that there is a call for a renewable strike, but we cannot say how it will still happen. If there is a serious strike, it will be the same messages", he said. specified to AFP.
"The 7th is going to be hard. Afterwards, people don't need to understand that you have to telecommute," he remarked.
"The 8, the 9... and more if you like? I hope not," said the minister.
"We don't know how long it can last, with what intensity."
All the SNCF unions have called for a renewable strike from March 7 against the pension reform.
"The large public companies including the SNCF are organizing themselves as well as possible, but there is no miracle possible: when there are strikes, there are impacts", underlined Mr. Beaune.
Both RATP and SNCF should communicate their traffic forecasts on Sunday.
But without waiting, Ile-de-France Mobilités (IDFM), the authority responsible for organizing transport in the Ile-de-France region, announced in a press release on Friday "major disruptions" in public transport, calling "all Ile-de-France residents who can telecommute".
IDFM has also reinstated a carpooling subsidy scheme, which will be free for all passengers.
In the air, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) asked companies to give up part of their flights on Tuesday March 7 and Wednesday March 8, in anticipation of the air traffic controllers' strike.
The DGAC has asked companies to reduce their flight schedules by 20% at Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle and by 30% at Paris-Orly, Beauvais, Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Marseille, Montpellier, Nice and Toulouse.
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