Ongoing strikes in France to cause more travel misery on Monday.

The transport strikes which began over a month ago were set to continue on Monday with unions vowing to battle on despite an apparent fall in public support and a steep drop in the number of strikers. In Paris, transport authority RATP said there would be a slight improvement in the level of services compared to last Friday but overall travel around the capital would remain "very disrupted". In reality that will mean all Metro lines would function partially on Monday albeit far from offering a normal service to strike-weary commuters. Many individual Metro stations on these lines will remain closed however. Almost 80 percent of scheduled high-speed TGV trains would run on Monday as well as a similar number of low-cost Ouigo TGV trains. Intercité trains that link France's cities and Transilien commuter services in the greater Paris region will be running a third of the normal number of train services Regional TER trains will operate abut 60 percent of usual services. SNCF is keen to stress that thousands of tickets are available for TGV and Intercité trains until Wednesday, many at a reduced rate. A new poll published Friday showed a majority of 61 percent still support the strike, although that was five points lower than a December 19 survey, according to pollster Odoxa. The strikes have been ongoing since December 5, upsetting travel plans and hitting shops and other businesses over the key Christmas period. After a month of disruptions, Macron will on Monday hold his first cabinet meeting of 2020. The following day discussions with union leaders are set to resume, but so far neither side has appeared ready to give much ground. Unions have called another day of mass demonstrations for Thursday, when teachers, hospital workers and others are expected to join the strike.