persons between the Hôtel de Ville and the Opéra. A few hundred demonstrators continued until four in the morning. Substitution On 10 April, the French government decided to withdraw the CPE and rewrite it by introducing new measures. This decision appears to be an about-face for Dominique de Villepin. See also 2006 labor protests in France Contrat nouvelle embauche Labor law Job security Precarity Working poor References Sources Legislative process (all links in French) Legislative files: National assembly, Senate Text of the law Vote on the motion of censure Decision of the French Constitutional Council libcom.org CPE France blog: most comprehensive English-language coverage of the movement against the CPE CPE legal news and resources, JURIST "Huge protests against French job law, some violence". Reuters. 18 March 2006. "French Protests Over Youth Labor Law Spread to 150 Cities and Towns". The New York Times. 18 March 2006. Call to strike action Labor Law Protests in France: 1968 Encore?, JURIST "French court approves disputed youth jobs law", Reuters, 30 March 2006. "Chirac to sign job law and seek changes", Reuters, 31 March 2006. External links Actual text of the CPE Analysis sympathetic to the movement in GB magazine "Red Pepper" Collection of photographies from the demonstrations https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/04/france_the_prec.html French labour law 2006 in law