FRENCH CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL.

• Position: Brief article

By approving the controversial First Employment Contract (CPE), on 30 March, France's Constitutional Council, in line with exisiting case law, has refuted all the arguments based on the European social Charter and a community directive. In doing so, however, it indicated that it would have like to be able to bend the rigid law. 'It is not up to the Constitutional Council, when referred to, [to rule on whether a law is compliant with the...