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Today there was a large demonstration called to protest against Sarkozy's planned education reforms. Students from various universities had voted to attend the demonstration.

A couple of paedophilia-related stories reminded me last night of a debate I had a while ago on the subject of the 'childlove' movement.

A comité d'entreprise (or employer's committee) is a legal requirement for all French companies, and company sites with more than fifty staff. The committee is composed of the head of the company, or a representative, and two other management nominees. The rest of the committee is made up of elected staff representatives and nominees from the representative union at the site.

Les elections capitalistes n'ameneront jamais au communisme. La bourgeoisie n'autorisera jamais sa propre destruction ni celle du ssteme qui les soutient.

In France it is not unusual to be paid for all overtime at the end of the year. Naturally this gives the bosses an extra opportunity to try to withhold payments, especially for jobs where overtime is unscheduled, such as with firefighters.

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The French Police union, Unsa Police, is claiming that the interior ministry has ordered the police to 'take uit easy' in the suburbs in the run-up to the Presidential Elections in order to avoid any bavures policières*.

There was a demonstration of over 1000 poeple last night after a Headmistress of a Parisian school was arrested. Valérie Boukobza-Rodriguez was arrested while trying to prevent the arrest of an illegal immigrant, the man in question was trying to collect his granddaughter from school.

According to a recent poll by Ipsos French people aged between 18-25 are most likely to vote for Sarkozy (30%) with Bayrou and Royal tied on (24%)Bayrou, the centrist candidate however would beat either of the two main candidates ibn a second round 53% -47% against Sarkozy 58%-42% against Royal.

At a demonstration last week ended in violence with police making scores of arrests and injuring large numbers of people.

Jesus fucking Christ fuck.

In order to stand in the French presidential elections each candidate must present a list of 500 signatures supporting their entry into the race.

Some 50 students occupying the presidential administration offices at Rennes II University were evicted by the CRS. There so not appear to have been any arrests.

The students are protesting against a raft of measures dsigned to 'reform' the university system. Studnets see the loss of bursaries, academic independance and the loss of what self-determination that they have.

During the three-day Grille la Fac (barred Uni) festival there were three arrests. These arrests have been seen as a disciplinary measure designed to intimidate students after a festival designed to highlight students rights in relation to the varuious security systems that they face.

In 2005 a CNT member was referred by the Montparnasse branch of the publisher Gosport to a tribunal after attempting to stand in workplace elections. The CNT won the case and the member was elected as a representative. The same tactic was attempted last month by the Chatillon Branch, for a second time the CNT defeated them at the tribunal, winning the right for their candidate to stand.

Not sure whether this will be much more that some really enthusiastic leninists putting up stickers and handing out flyers but aparently there will be a series of events based around four themes:

Prison

Last thursday a wildcat strike by train drivers at the Belgian station of Termonde lead to the cancellation of many services, a spokesman for the railway claimed not to know what had triggered the unofficial action.