RMTnews :: september 2005 22 Railing against the Brussels agenda French rail workers are currently fighting a battle to prevent the wholesale break-up and privatisation of their industry STRUGGLE: French rail workers protest in front of the first French private freight train, owned rail operator Connex, as it waits to depart Dugny-sur-Meuse. EU rules demand the ‘liberalisation’ of the rail freight sector across the bloc.