Victory in France

Proving once again that the only way to make change is through mass struggle/mass protest and the General Strike.

France scraps youth job law, bowing to mass unrest

If Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin had intended to weaken the power of trade unions by acting unilaterally and pushing the measure through Parliament without consulting union leaders, he made the mistake of his life. The unions come out of the crisis stronger than ever, while Villepin and Chirac, his longtime ally and friend, have been left with almost no political capital or credibility. If there are any unqualified winners in this drawn-out affair, it is the trade unions, whose leaders acted with unaccustomed unity and managed to bring millions of people into the streets against the CPE. Who won, who lost in French youth jobs crisis?

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