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  • France’s political crisis grows as 3 million take to streets
    5 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
    Police fought running battles with rioters in central Paris last night as youths attacked officers with bangers, bottles and concrete at the end of a mass demonstration against a youth employment law that has caused a political crisis for Jacques Chirac’s ruling party.
    Trade unionists and student leaders said up to three million people took to the streets across France yesterday - the second time in eight days that the country has seen its biggest street (…)

  • from france
    4 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    More than 3 000 000 protesters today !
    Join us !
    Stop liberalism
    Total strike
    A great day

  • Well Exercised and Supple, French Unions Flex Muscles
    3 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    By CRAIG S. SMITH
    PARIS, March 28 - Armed with hot dogs and baguettes, balloons, buttons, banners and, of course, gallons of red wine, France’s major trade unions set out Tuesday to change the law, or to bring down a prime minister trying.
    Responding to their rallying cry, more than a million people showed up in the streets, marching in the familiar protest parades that the unions sponsor from time to time. In Paris, the slow-moving street fair stretched for miles.
    "The unions haven’t (…)

  • France: Millions of workers and students strike against Gaullist government
    29 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Rick Kelly and Antoine Lerougetel
    An estimated 2 to 3 million striking workers and students demonstrated in cities and towns throughout France yesterday in opposition to the Gaullist government’s “First Job Contract” (CPE-Contrat première embauche) legislation, which permits employers to dismiss young workers without cause or compensation during their first two years on the job.
    The largest rally was held in Paris, where 700,000 people marched in cold and wet conditions. Other large (…)

  • Mass protests on the streets of France, organisers of the marches claimed that three million people
    29 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Organisers claim 3m people join marches Sarkozy floods Paris with 4,000 riot police
    by Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
    Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of France yesterday, disrupting schools and transport in a nationwide strike to pressure the prime minister, Dominique de Villepin, to withdraw his controversial new employment law.
    Organisers of the marches claimed that three million people joined marches with major demonstrations in Marseille, Bordeaux and a dozen (…)

  • Groix Island - NO TO THE CODS BREEDING: SIGN THE PETITION !
    26 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Several people contacted us to ask if they could use our website to start a petition against a cods breeding project in the south of Groix Island (French west coast). We can only encourage this action and we have made contacts with several associations that will not fail to bring us support.
    ( image source : http://www.veganimal.info/article.php3?id_article=18 )
    “Waste from fish and food, chemical products used as disinfecting agents, antibiotics against parasites, steroids to produce (…)

  • Leaked letter in full: UK diplomat outlines Iran strategy
    23 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Times Online March 22, 2006
    Leaked letter in full: UK diplomat outlines Iran strategy By Times Online John Sawers, a leading British diplomat, outlined his strategy for winning Russian and Chinese support for tougher action against Iran in a confidential letter dated March 16. It was addressed to his counterparts in France, Germany and the US:
    "Stanislas de Laboulaye, Michael Schaefer, Nick Burns, Robert Cooper.
    Nick, Michael and I had a word yesterday about how to handle the (…)

  • French Union Threatens Strike Over Labor Law
    22 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    By JAMES KANTER
    PARIS - Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin of France faced an ultimatum from union leaders today to withdraw the employment law that set off huge nationwide demonstrations and sporadic violence over the weekend or face a general strike.
    After the protests ended in outbreaks of violence late Saturday, union leaders gave Mr. Villepin a deadline of Monday evening to withdraw the First Employment Contract, which was intended to make it easier for businesses to hire and fire (…)

  • Fearing More Unrest, French Leader Weighs Weakening Law
    21 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By CRAIG S. SMITH
    Facing crippling strikes and growing civil unrest, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin today discussed with lawmakers watering down his contentious new labor law. But union leaders, who have refused to enter into a dialogue with the government until it has rescinded the law, showed no signs of budging on their promise to mount nationwide protests and strikes next week.
    "The basic demand of the youth and of employees is that the law be withdrawn," said Gérard (…)

  • French right looks to PM for way out of crisis
    21 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Jon Boyle
    PARIS - France’s ruling conservatives looked to Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin to chart a way out of a youth jobs law crisis on Tuesday as the threat of a national strike and fresh protests kept up the pressure.
    The large public sector is expected to join a one-day work stoppage on March 28 and high school students took to the streets on Tuesday around France to demand Villepin withdraw the contract they say removes job security for young people.
    Deputies from the (…)