Anti-CPE protests

Content about the 2006 protests against the CPE employment law in France.

Sorbonne occupier speaks to the Unrest in France blog

Here we are pleased to publish a first hand account of one of the first wave of students who occupied Sorbonne University.

Now 68% of French want CPE scrapped

Polls show 68% of the French are now in favour of withdrawing the CPE, 13 percentage points more than on March 8.

Trouble flares again in Paris

Scuffles with police break out following anti-CPE demonstrations in Paris.

Map of demonstrations

Up to 600,000 youths join protests across France

Round-up of Thursday 16 March's anti-CPE activities across France.

Virtual sit-in protest planned

An invitation to participate in a virtual sit-in in solidarity with striking students in France.

1,000 schoolkids block Nice motorway

As morning demonstrations take place across France, youths blockade motorway.

Scores of high schools and 70% of universities now blocked

More universities occupied as schools begin to be shut down against the CPE.

University authorities and fascists challenge blockade

Toulouse: extreme right confront anti-CPE blockade

We reported a story this afternoon of far right fascists attacking an anti-CPE campus blockade. This has since been disputed by those who were on…

Half a million youths say no to the CPE

On Thursday, two days before the latest national mobilisation, hundreds of thousands of students and secondary-school pupils - the latter very numerous - demonstrated across France against the CPE.

Anti-CPE Movement: Paris school occupations and street protests, 16th March 2006

Photos of the school occupations and street protest in Paris on March 16th. Most photos in these…

Anti-CPE Movement: Besançon, 16th March 2006

Photos of the March 16th 2006 demonstration against the CPE in Besançon.

Anti-CPE Movement: Paris, 16th March 2006

Photos of the March 16th 2006 demonstration against the CPE in Paris.