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Hundreds of French flights were cancelled as Tuesday's strikes started to bite

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Lorries had to queue for six kilometres (four miles) on the Austria-Hungarian border

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Thousands of French protesters marched through the Mediterranean streets of Nice

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Trying to travel by train in France was a lonely experience

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Some stranded air passengers resorted to sleeping on floors

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Vienna's Westbahnhof station was deserted

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Paris' underground and bus services were badly disrupted...

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...and the trains that did run were packed