French customs officials are trying to demonstrate what could happen after Brexit.
By James McAuley James McAuley Foreign correspondent focusing on French and European politics and culture Email Bio Follow March 21 at 1:04 PM PARIS — The high-speed Eurostar train service urged London-bound passengers on Thursday to avoid all but essential travel to Britain until April, amid a mounting customs union strike in the lead-up to Brexit.
“Brexit is the re-creation of a border, and when a border is reestablished, there are formalities that must be observed,” said Vincent Thomazo, a union representative. Travelers walk past Eurostar trains linking Paris to London at the Gare du Nord station in Paris on March 21. Around the same time, Amina Douf, 22, a retail manager from London, was standing outside the Paris Eurostar entrance, waiting for her train back. She said she had received a text message from the company Wednesday, informing her that her train Thursday afternoon would be significantly delayed.
The Eurostar, which connects London to continental Europe through the Channel Tunnel, is a major artery of commerce and tourism. Ever since it opened in 1994 as a joint venture between the French and British governments, the high-speed network has been heralded as a model of transportation coordination across international borders.
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