With recent bombings in Brussels, Euro 2016 has been seen as 'potential targets' for terrorist attacks
President Francois Hollande acknowledged the threat on Sunday, though he tried to put a brave face on it
State-run rail operator SNFC said the strike was costing it more than $22.5 million a day
Hollande acknowledged that the threat of an attack during the Euros could not be discounted but France must not be intimated
In the capital and further south, attention has shifted from the lingering strikes to the worst flooding for three decades
Only if they do not pass the group stage or fall in round of 16 they will leave the Euro without any bonuses.