80% of young French against the CPE

A survey to be published in tomorrows Libération will reveal the massive level of opposition to Villepins labour casualisation reform.

Some 80% of young people between 15 and 24 years of age are now opposed to the 'contract de first engages', according due to a survey to appear in Mondays paper.

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