France

Le Figaro is now reporting the CGT trade union as counting 1.5 million demonstrating across France.

Tens of thousands take to the streets in Lille and across Brittany against the new CPE labour laws.

Le Figaro is reporting that unions believe well over a million are now demonstrating against the CPE labour reform on the streets of France.

Organisers of the Marseilles anti-CPE demonstration have given figures of 130,000 on the streets of the port city according to Le Figaro.

Contradicting earlier reports of 22,000-33,000 demonstrators in Toulouse, Le Monde is now reports the figure to be up to 50,000.

Pau, capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the South West of France saw between 9,500 and 15,000 march against labour casualisation earlier today.

A student from Censier university reports on the occupation and strike there which has been going for two weeks.

Poitiers, a city in west central France with a population of just 78,000 saw some 7000-10,000 join anti-CPE protests, Le Monde is reporting.

First reports from Liberation on this mornings demonstrations.

Le Figaro is reporting that between 200-300 protestors have made entry to Rennes train station, as up to 35,000 marched in the Breton capital.

Fascists are outside the Sorbonne University and a call has been put out for support to oppose them.

While the government wavers between firmness and conciliation, thousands of demonstrators are taking to the streets this Saturday in France with the aim of forcing prime minister Domenique de Villepin to back down over the first employment contract (CPE).