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Wide of market 2. Mid of people at market3. Set-up shot saleswoman Veronique, no last name given 4. SOUNDBITE: (French) Veronique, no last name given, Vox Pop:\"It's not because the country is in trouble at the moment that everyone...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Wide of market \u003cbr/\u003e2. Mid of people at market\u003cbr/\u003e3. Set-up shot saleswoman Veronique, no last name given \u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE: (French) Veronique, no last name given, Vox Pop:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's not because the country is in trouble at the moment that everyone should do the same. The post service is absolutely fine, why are they going on strike? There is no reason.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. Pan left of market \u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (French) Pierrot (no surname given), Vox Pop: \u003cbr/\u003e\"If we want to pay things, we can't, if we want to go and get our money, we can't. We can't do anything. Everything is blocked.\" \u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (French) Nabil (no surname given), Vox Pop: \u003cbr/\u003e\"As service users we can't do much, we're not going to go on strike as well and add to the already existing strikes! We pay a bit of the consequences and we live with it.\" \u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide of exterior of the UNSA (National Federation of Independent Unions) building\u003cbr/\u003e9. Close-up of entrance to the UNSA building\u003cbr/\u003e10. Set-up shot of Secretary-General of UNSA Civil Servants Elisabeth David in her office\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (French) Elisabeth David, Secretary-General of UNSA Civil Servants:  \u003cbr/\u003e\"Since 2000 there hasn't been any real negotiation on the salaries of civil servants, that means a significant loss of purchasing power. It is now estimated at seven points in relation to the price index. For 2007 there hasn't been any increase for civil servants so now we would like a real negotiation on salaries to open and for us to get an increase in salaries.\" \u003cbr/\u003e12. Pan left of view of Paris with Eiffel Tower in the distance to daily newspaper Le Monde journalist Remi Barroux \u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNBITE: (French) Remi Barroux, journalist for Le Monde newspaper:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Their action is not very visible, it is very unlikely that the civil servants will want to carry on after the 20th. But other meetings will probably take place in December or in January, or February on this issue because one of the problems of the government and of Sarkozy is this question of the purchasing power, for which he hasn't found solutions and on which the majority of the population - all the surveys are showing it - believe his policies are not satisfactory.\" \u003cbr/\u003e14. Pan right of exterior of school \u003cbr/\u003e15. Close-up of sign outside school reading (French) 'November 20th, 2007 - National strike of civil servants - School closed' \u003cbr/\u003e16. Pan right from children's hospital sign to ambulance entering hospital \u003cbr/\u003e17. Mid of hospital employee outside hospital\u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide of France Telecom headquarters \u003cbr/\u003e19. Various of France Telecom employees\u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide of exterior of post office\u003cbr/\u003e21. Mid of letter boxes \u003cbr/\u003e22. Wide of interior of post office seen through glass door\u003cbr/\u003e23. Set-up shot of Economy, Finance and Labour Minister Christine Lagarde \u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE: (French) Christine Lagarde, Minister of Economy, Finance and Labour:\u003cbr/\u003e\"On week days we lose about 300 to 350 (m) million euros (439.6 (m) to 512.7 (m) million US dollars)  for each day of strike. It's a real worry for the French economy and it causes serious disruptions for companies and the French economy in general suffers from it.\" \u003cbr/\u003e25. Various of traffic\u003cbr/\u003eTransport workers causing havoc on French rails will extend their strike for a seventh day on Tuesday and dovetail the action with a mass walkout by civil servants, increasing pressure on President Nicolas Sarkozy to backtrack on his bid to reform France.\u003cbr/\u003eBut the government stood its ground, with Prime Minister Francois Fillon saying the reforms must go through - even though the strikes are costing the country at least 300 (m) million euros (439.6 (m) million US dollars) a day.\u003cbr/\u003eStrikes led by train drivers angry over Sarkozy's plans to extend their retirement age have hampered rail traffic and public transport and snarled roads for nearly a week. \u003cbr/\u003eSchools, postal and tax services will fall victim to a strike on Tuesday by civil servants seeking higher salaries and job security. \u003cbr/\u003eBut not everybody seems to agree with the strikers to be extended to other categories of civil servants.\u003cbr/\u003eService users expressed their anger at the stoppage which is hampering their daily activities.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's not because the country is in trouble at the moment that everyone should do the same. The post service is absolutely fine, why are they going on strike? There is no reason,\" one market seller in Paris said.\u003cbr/\u003e\"If we want to pay things, we can't, if we want to go and get our money, we can't. We can't do anything. Everything is blocked,\" said one customer at the market.\u003cbr/\u003e\"As service users we can't do much, we're not going to go on strike as well and add to the already existing strikes! We pay a bit of the consequences and we live with it,\" said another customer.\u003cbr/\u003eAccording to Elisabeth David, Secretary-General of UNSA Civil Servants, a union, one of the main problems is that since 2000 civil servants have lost significant purchasing power because salaries have not increased for them.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Since 2000 there hasn't been any real negotiation on the salaries of civil servants, that means a significant loss of purchasing power,\" David said.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Now we would like a real negotiation on salaries to open and for us to get an increase in salaries,\" she added. \u003cbr/\u003eDisruptions could also be expected in air traffic, as air traffic controllers fall into the civil servants' category. \u003cbr/\u003eAir France employees have said they will take part in the job action, and the company said flights, mainly domestic, would be modified from Marseilles and Paris' Orly airport.\u003cbr/\u003eSimmering student protests that have disrupted classes at dozens of universities added yet another dimension to the angry fallout from Sarkozy's efforts to jolt France into a new, more competitive era.\u003cbr/\u003eThere were no immediate signs that the various movements planned to fuse their efforts - simultaneous but separate - into a single blanket protest, despite words of solidarity among them.\u003cbr/\u003eRemi Barroux, a journalist for Le Monde newspaper said the civil servants' action is not likely to carry on after 20th November.\u003cbr/\u003eHowever he said further meetings will probably take place in the coming months because the core issue that Nicolas Sarkozy's government has to find solutions for is the general loss of purchasing  power among the population.\u003cbr/\u003e\"One of the problems of the government and of Sarkozy is this question of the purchasing power, for which he hasn't found solutions and on which the majority of the population - all the surveys are showing it - believe his policies are not satisfactory,\" Barroux said.\u003cbr/\u003eThe conservative president, who has often jumped into trouble spots to fix them himself, has remained curiously silent about the strike.\u003cbr/\u003eSarkozy was elected in May on promises to reform France - from its courts to its creaking university system, its army of civil servants to rail workers whose special retirement privileges he vowed to erase.\u003cbr/\u003eTaking on the transport workers has proved to be an especially thorny - and costly - task as unions voted on Monday to extend their open-ended strike for a seventh day.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's a real worry for the French economy,\" Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said. \u003cbr/\u003eThe strikes are costing the French economy between 300 million and 350 million euros (439.6 (m) million US dollars and 512.7 (m) million US dollars a day, she said.\u003cbr/\u003eTalks between unions and the management of the rail network and Paris transit authority were set for 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