It’s our friends over the water turn to host the IOC committee that will judge the technical aspects of their bid. Some of the French unions have decided that it’s a good time to go on strike:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4335043.stm
France is in the grip of a one-day general strike, just as Paris hosts a team of inspectors from the International Olympic Committee.
The strike has brought much of the public transport system to a halt, while tens of thousands of protesters are due to stage rallies.
Although the demonstrations have nothing to do with the bid, they may remind the inspectors of French trade unions’ power to disrupt, as much of the country shuts down for the day, our correspondent adds.
What muppets 
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