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An employee pushes a trolley on an empty platform near a TGV high speed train at the Gare de l'Est station in Paris on April 4, 2018, on the second day of three months of rolling rail strikes by the staff of French public railways service SNCF. - Staff at state rail operator SNCF walked off the job from 7.00 pm (1700 GMT) on April 2, the first in a series of walkouts affecting everything from energy to garbage collection. The rolling rail strikes, set to last until June 28, are being seen as the biggest challenge yet to the President's sweeping plans to shake up France and make it more competitive. (Photo by CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT / AFP) (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP via Getty Images)