Proof once again that most European governments have no backbone, and that college students there don't take economics class, the French government gave in to student and union protests and will repeal the jobs law.
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/04/11/france.labor.law/index.html
The law would have allowed employers to fire workers 26 years old and younger at any point during their first two years on the job. Oh the horror!
"Students and labor unions in France plan to take to the streets on Tuesday to celebrate the repeal of a controversial jobs law."
To help solve the 20% unemployment of young adults, the government will instead subsidize job programs for them.
Is there a word for "economics" in French?