300 French protesters arrested in clashes with police

    PARIS, April 4 (Xinhua) -- More than 300 protesters were arrested across France during clashes with riot police, after at least 1 million people took to the streets in protest against government's unpopular new jobs plan for young people, police said on Tuesday.

Over 1 mln people rally to protest CPE law

    PARIS, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Over one million people marched Tuesday for a fifth day in nearly 200 towns and cities across France to protest the newly approved First Employment Contract (CPE) law.

French PM admits error in handling CPE law

    PARIS, April 2 (Xinhua) -- French PM Dominique de Villepin said in a newspaper interview with the French weekend newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche published on Sunday that he made errors in his management of the controversial First Employment Contract (CPE) job law.

France's controversial CPE law published

    PARIS, April 2 (Xinhua) -- French controversial First Employment Contract (CPE) was published Sunday in the Official Journal although French President Jacques Chirac has said to replace it by a modified version.

Protestors hold a rally on the Palace de la Republique in Paris March 28. (Xinhua)	A young protestor pasted with posters carrying slogans against the First Employment Contract attends a demonstration in Paris March 28. (Xinhua)

French socialists call for strike against job law

    PARIS, April 1 (Xinhua) -- French left-wing Socialist party called Saturday for a nationwide strike next Tuesday to protest the controversial job law, the First Employment Contract (CPE).

French labor law wins backing from Constitutional panel

    PARIS, March 30 (Xinhua) -- France's Constitutional Council said Thursday that it had approved the government's new labor law which has sparked weeks of massive protests.