Chirac to sign new jobs law - then negotiate changes

But of course, the rumor is that after signing it he will then enter into negotiations to soften the law. So goes life in French politics. As an American, our natural tendency is to try and simplify just about everything, sometimes more successfully than others. In France, there seems to me as an outsider that there is a strong tendency to prefer complicated solutions. So now we can look forward to the signing and negotiation of this law that will spur new jobs for the youth (not that I'm buying it in it's current form) and then it's a wait and see to find out how the students will react. Let's just say that I'm not convinced they will buy into it.

With a new round of national strikes planned for 4 April I won't be making any travel plans anytime soon. Never a dull moment these days in France.