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France Withdraws Youth Jobs Law

by Eleanor Beardsley, NPR
April 10, 2006

The French government scraps a planned youth jobs law that provoked weeks of protests. The law, intended to reduce youth unemployment, was termed discriminatory and poorly implemented. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, who championed the First Job Contract, has seen his popularity slump as protest to the bill grew.

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