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TV NEWS SPEAKER: The latest news from the French capital is covered with protest actions,
will tell Yevgeniy Tcvetnoy is our action news correspondent.
ACTION NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Only memories left today about recent Christmas and New Year celebrations in Paris.
Riots engulfed the city in the middle of the week and they turned into real street agitations.
In the opinion of trade unions the strike's causes were massive layoffs of workers
which are associated with increased automatization of production.
Over the past six months a major upgrade have been carried out at the country's largest enterprises and concerns,
it was the cause of more than 40 thousand people turned out on the streets.