Social unrest intensifies in Germany.
The powerful unions Ver.di and EVG intend to paralyze the country next Monday.
They have called a strike that will affect all public transport, as well as air and rail traffic.
The protest will have as a backdrop the union pulse that Ver.di has maintained with the German government for weeks.
The main public sector union demands a 10% salary increase for the more than two and a half million state employees. It is double what they have been offered to recover the purchasing power lost in the last three years.