French Constitutional Council: CPE Legal

Today the French Constitutional Council made its decision regarding the so-called first job contract (Contrat de Première Embauche) by declaring it legal.The CC decision leaves

the French President with an unenviable choice: either to accept the law championed by Dominic de Villepin, his beleaguered prime minister - at the risk of further strikes and demonstrations - or to seek a negotiated solution, perhaps by sending the law back to parliament or by proposing modifications.

( Via Times Online)