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Ana4Stapp
03-11-2006, 06:08 AM
Police battle Sorbonne protesters

French riot police have grappled with protesters at the Sorbonne in Paris in unrest over a new labour law, making it easier to sack young employees

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4795648.stm

More than 20% of France's 18 to 25-year-olds are unemployed - a figure double the national average of 9.6%.Among the country's poorest communities youth unemployment stands at 40%, a figure largely blamed for the riots that swept across France last year.

Ana4Stapp
03-19-2006, 11:59 AM
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/19/france.job.protest.reut/index.html

New mass protests by students and trade unions in France

This new new labour law was to avoid the unemployment of the youth --but seems that its just the opposite --with this law --young workers have no job security.