French transport hit but Euro 2016 OK

France suffered a third day of rail strikes on Thursday, but fears of transport chaos during the Euro 2016 football tournament eased as airport workers cancelled a walkout and a Paris subway strike had little impact.

Half of all trains nationally were cancelled barely a week before Euro 2016 kicks off on June 10, but unions' hopes of bringing Paris to a halt with a Metro strike appeared to have failed with commuters only suffering minor disruption.

Air traffic controllers called off a walkout that had been expected to ground flights over the weekend after reaching a deal on work conditions with the government.

A week after France was badly disrupted by blockades of fuel depots and refineries, the government's strategy of passing individual agreements for certain sectors appeared to be paying off.