PARIS, March 28 (Xinhua) -- More than 1 million people across France rallied on Tuesday to protest against the First Employment Contract (CPE), according to French police.

    More than 200 trouble-makers were arrested in Paris and more than 387 arrests were made across the country amid violence.

    Public transport, schools, postal offices and banks have all been disturbed by the strike, local media reported.

    In Paris, about 70 percent of metro trains and buses and a little more than half of suburban commuter trains were running normally.

    A total of 57 out of the 110 senior high schools in Paris have been shut down or partially disturbed Tuesday due to the strikes.

    Two weeks of protest against the CPE and four days of national strikes have led to serious disturbances in 60 of the country's 84 universities and some 25 percent of the country's 4,370 high schools, according to the French Education Ministry.

    "It is historic. It is unthinkable for the prime minister to stay fixed in his position. For us there is just one outcome and that is withdrawal of this reform," said Bernard Thibault of the CGT union.

    France's five major trade Unions have all declined till Tuesday morning to negotiate with French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin who invited them for dialogue in his office on Wednesday to discuss the adjustments to the CPE.

    Opponents claimed the law infringes on workers' rights, making it harder for young people to get long-term employment.

    An Ipsos opinion poll published Monday by the French daily Le Monde and France 2 television showed that 63 percent of the French population are against the CPE. Enditem